DC educational services

Our Educational Programmes are set up in several ways to best suit your child.

Many children experience difficulties in learning at various times in their school lives. Unfortunately, schools cannot always provide sufficient knowledge, resources and support to address their needs, and this can often lead to failure and low self-esteem.

Regardless of the programme chosen, we begin by using standardised tests to determine your child's strengths and weaknesses to ensure they get the best level of study. Our programmes offer individualised help in reading comprehension, spelling, handwriting, maths, IT and Study Skills. Our aim is to create a tailor made programme for each child that is monitored closely through achievement target sheets and progress reports.

In addition we will aim to develop strategies for improved attention and impulse control the classroom and provide training to improve short term memory and developmental lags.

How is a programme designed for my Child?

Each individual programme, which is designed by skilled members of staff, is developed using previous and or current reports and teacher/parent input.

What courses can I choose from?

Sharing on Saturday (SOS)
The Sharing on Saturday (SOS) Programme was established over 10 years ago in response to the needs of children needing additional support. Our specialist teachers, dyslexia tutor and speech and language therapist work together to plan individual education programmes in literacy, numeracy, study skills, and exam preparation. In addition, we also support the needs of children with fine/gross motor difficulties (e.g. dyspraxia), emotional and behavioural difficulties, and autistic spectrum disorder.

Children have access to a wide range of multi-sensory learning materials to cater for their individual learning styles. SOS is constantly striving to find the most appropriate learning pathways to promote children’s academic and social/emotional development. As part of our ethos, we actively welcome input from both children and parents when setting learning objectives and planning individual programmes of study.

Children attend the SOS on Saturday mornings. There is a choice of 2 programmes: SOS which runs from 9:00 - 11:15am and SOS+ which runs from 9:00 - 12:15am. Children are placed in one of three classes, depending on their age and profile of need. Children have the opportunity to use computers in the ICT suite for a dedicated part of each session.

One to one tutoring
This is an individualised and intensive programme for those who need extra help or need flexibility of times. These programmes are ideal for students who need additional tuition out of school, either after school or on weekends. The tutor will again devise a specialised programme designed through information provided by the parents and any school reports available. The sessions usually run for an hour a week and can continue as long as is felt necessary by the parents and child. Regular feedback is given from the tutors on the progress being made and on future directions.

Summer Holiday programmes
The Summer School is similar in format to the Saturday School but runs intensively over several weeks in July and August each year. The programme runs three days a week by skilled staff, and includes educational activities as well as weekly excursions in and around London.