Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) in Maths and Dyscalculia

At Helen Arkell, we offer full diagnostic assessments for Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) in maths and dyscalculia.

In addition, if you have had a recent dyslexia assessment, we also offer top-up assessments if you have concerns around difficulties with maths.

We offer specialist face-to-face assessments for children and young people aged 8 and above who are experiencing persistent difficulties in maths. These may include challenges with understanding of number, sequencing, calculation, and confidence in numeracy tasks. These challenges can affect progress in school, confidence in exams, and everyday tasks involving time, money and direction.

Persistent difficulties in maths can affect academic progress, self-esteem and future opportunities. But with the right support, individuals with maths difficulties or dyscalculia can thrive—often using creative, strategic and verbal strengths to solve problems in unique ways.

An assessment will help to identify a learner’s unique profile of strengths and barriers to their learning and give practical recommendations for support.

Before a maths assessment can take place, we always require that clients have had an up-to-date sight test to make sure any visual problems are checked out (i.e. the need for prescription glasses, or discovery of a medical condition).

We have a Visual Questionnaire which also needs completing, and the responses to our questionnaire may result in us requiring more information from an optometrist – click here for more information on this important part of our booking process.

From time to time, and subject to available funding, we are able to consider bursary applications from individuals who meet certain criteria.

However, please note that bursary applications are currently closed until further notice, due to high volume of enquiries.

Bursary applications will re-open as soon as funding becomes available.

Please check back here for further updates (i.e. dates when bursary applications will reopen).

If you require bursary assistance, please do not make a booking enquiry for a service until we have re-opened for bursary applications.

Please apply for the type of assessment you would like. We will advise you if we think a different assessment would be more beneficial.