1. Assessment Profile
Complete your Assessment Profile
This gives me useful background before we meet. If you forget something, tell me later — that is absolutely fine.
Before
Before your assessment
There is very little to ‘prepare’ in the exam sense. I want to understand your normal way of working, not a practised version of the tests.
Nothing to revise. Nothing to practise.
Come as you are. I’ll take it from there.
Your simple checklist
A few things before we meet
2. Eyesight
Eye test within the last two years
Please make sure you have had a routine eye test within the last two years before your assessment.
Where the SASC Visual Difficulties Questionnaire raises relevant concerns, I will ask you to seek advice from an appropriately qualified optometrist. Visual difficulties are not my area of expertise, so I will not try to determine their cause.
3. Useful documents
Send what might help
Previous reports, relevant school or university information and other useful evidence can help. You do not need to send everything you have ever been given.
4. Your usual aids
Use what you normally use
Bring your usual glasses or hearing aids if you use them. The aim is to understand your normal way of working.
Where we meet
Face-to-face or remote
On the day
Keep things normal
Bring your usual glasses or hearing aids if you use them.
Take prescribed medication as usual unless your clinician has told you otherwise.
Bring a drink or snack if useful.
Tell me if you are unwell — we can rearrange rather than get an unrepresentative result.
Feeling nervous?
There is no pass or fail. For children who are worried, local families can arrange a short informal visit beforehand to meet me and see the room. No testing — just a hello.
What happens during assessment?
That’s all you need to do.