Dyslexia review

Party response: Conservative

Tim Loughton, shadow minister for children, said: "Yet another review announced 11 years too late.

"Every child who sits their GCSEs this summer has had their whole education under Labour. The one-in-ten who suffer from dyslexia will want to know why the government have allowed them to become the lost generation.

"Once again Labour has neglected the most vulnerable in society."


Stakeholder response: Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL)

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Nansi Ellis, head of education policy, said: "We are pleased the government plans to provide more funding to help children who have special needs including dyslexia. And we look forward to a thorough review of research on dyslexia and proper evaluation of the trials to help children with learning difficulties.

"Children who have difficulty learning to read are likely to struggle with many other areas of the curriculum, and too often are turned off learning and school altogether.

"However, we caution against assuming that all problems with learning to read are, or should be, classed as dyslexia. Children can have reading problems for a huge variety of reasons and need to be offered extra support, whatever the causes of their problems."