Rachel Turner – About me

I obtained a Bachelor of Education (BEd Hons) from Didsbury School of Education and have Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). After several years of teaching I completed a Masters in Education at Kingston University, specialising in Special Educational Needs.

I have worked as a Special Educational Needs and Disability Coordinator (SENDCo) and Head of Learning Support in both the maintained and private sector in Surrey, Islington and Richmond upon Thames. I worked as a volunteer children’s counsellor in schools for a national charity. I also worked for twelve years as an advisor and manager within an early years and childcare department for a local authority.

Over the years, I have worked with many children who experienced difficulty developing their language and literacy skills. I became interested in learning more about this area and took a Postgraduate Certificate in Language, Literacies and Dyslexia with the University of Birmingham in 2017. I am qualified to provide full diagnostic assessments for specific learning difficulties, such as dyslexia, for children and young people aged from 7 to 18. In addition to this, I offer an assessment and report service to schools and local authorities. I continue to plan and deliver individual teaching programmes for children and young people in a specialist school three days a week.

Relevant qualifications:

- BEd – Bachelor of Education (Hons)
- QTS – Qualified Teacher Status
- MA in Education
- Level 3 in Children’s Counselling – Place2Be
- Postgraduate Certificate in Language, Literacies and Dyslexia (2017)
- APC – SpLD Assessment Practising Certificate SASC (2022)

Professional membership:

Full member of Patoss, the professional association of teachers of students with specific learning difficulties (2024)
Professional member of the British Dyslexia Association BDA (2024)

Other relevant information:

Up to date Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (March 2024 – valid 3 years)
Current Professional Indemnity Insurance.