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Literacy & Numeracy: Unlocking Potential for Every Pupil

In recent years, L&NSS has transformed its model to focus on a broader spectrum of challenges. Moving beyond traditional one-to-one support for specific dyslexia profiles, the service now integrates numeracy expertise and literacy support across the full range of neurodiversity and learning difficulties.

The Literacy and Numeracy Support Service (L&NSS) works hand-in-hand with schools to tackle one of the most critical barriers to learning: literacy and numeracy difficulties. Their tailored, inclusive approach is designed to meet the specific needs of schools and their pupils, helping to create classrooms where every child can thrive.

In recent years, L&NSS has transformed its model to focus on a broader spectrum of challenges. Moving beyond traditional one-to-one support for specific dyslexia profiles, the service now integrates numeracy expertise and literacy support across the full range of neurodiversity and learning difficulties. This flexible approach combines group work, targeted one-to-one interventions, and engagement with parents – whether to provide strategies for supporting their children or address their own literacy and numeracy challenges.

My personal joy is taking someone who isn’t accessing classroom learning and is withdrawing from reading or spelling activities to a space where they begin their journey on the literacy continuum. In six to nine months that child is reading and is confident.

Josa Stephens, L&NSS specialist literacy teacher and assessor

The team’s work doesn’t stop there. By collaborating closely with teachers, L&NSS ensures their expert interventions extend into the classroom. The goal is to minimise the need to remove pupils from lessons, reducing the risk of stigma while building a supportive learning environment for all. This holistic approach not only benefits the individual child but also the wider class. When one pupil struggles, it can impact the entire group. Addressing literacy and numeracy challenges creates a ripple effect, improving focus, engagement, and progress across the board.

The Literacy and Numeracy Support Service exemplifies the power of targeted, inclusive support to unlock potential and raise achievement – not just for individual pupils, but for entire school communities.

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