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During the calendar year ended 31st December
1967—

Number of children who were the subject
of new decisions recorded under Section 57
of the Education Act 1944 Nil
Number of reviews carried out under the
provisions of Section 57A of the Education
Act 1944 Nil
Number of decisions cancelled under
Section 57A(2) of the Education Act 1944 Nil
Some handicapped children suffer from more than
one disability eg physically handicapped and
partially hearing, epileptic and educationally
sub-normal, but are classified in the table under
the major handicap.
The following special schools for handicapped
pupils are maintained by the Education
Committee. Although these schools are attended
principally by children who live in the borough,
children from other areas are admitted by
arrangement with their local education authorities.
Busch House School (Isleworth)
This school provides 100 places for children
between the ages of 5 and 16 years and is divided
almost equally between delicate children and those
who are mildly maladjusted.
A senior medical officer visits the school weekly
to supervise the delicate children and deal with
any minor ailments. With the help of a part-time
social worker, close liaison is maintained between
the children's homes and school and with hospital
departments who may be treating the child. Daily
physiotherapy is also available for those children
needing it and indeed is a very necessary part of
the school curriculum for many.
The psychiatrist from the Child Guidance
Clinic, together with a psychologist and psychiatric
social worker help to supervise the maladjusted
children and give help and support to their
families.
Mart indole School (Hounslow)
This is a day school for physically handicapped
children with accommodation for 110 pupils.
Furniture and apparatus capable of being
adapted to the needs of the pupils is in use and
facilities are available for hydrotherapy,
physiotherapy and speech therapy. The majority
of the pupils suffer from cerebral palsy and many
are dependent on wheel chairs for locomotion.
Close co-operation between the teaching and
medical staff is necessary to secure a reasonable
balance between the educational and treatment
needs of the child and to make the best of his
physical and intellectual potentials. Many of these
children have learning difficulties and here the
services of the senior educational psychologist are
particularly useful.
H est on School for the Deaf (Hest on)
This day school, with its associated classes for the
partially hearing in Townfield and Harlington
Secondary Schools, Springwell Infant, Springwell
Junior, Norwood Green Infant and Norwood
Green Junior Schools provides accommodation
for 130 deaf and partially hearing pupils. The
medical officer to the Hearing Clinic gives general
medical supervision of these pupils and there is
full discussion of hearing and learning difficulties
between the clinic and teaching staff.
The Marjory Kinnon School (Bedford)
This day school for educationally sub-normal
pupils has accommodation for 160 children but in
view of the very large waiting list two new
classrooms are being built.
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