Buckden Education and Assessment Services

How we can help you

Buckden Consultants have over fifteen years’ experience and hundreds of individuals that have been assisted in their own development, we are justly proud of our achievements. Our clients range from 6 to 60 years old and range from the gifted to those with moderate learning difficulties. Based in Crafton on the Herts/Beds/Bucks border, we offer a range of educational and psychological based assessments.

No parent likes to see their children struggling at school. Educational testing & assessment can be useful in matters concerning learning, well-being and development.

Our Services

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Dyslexia Assessment

We specialise in the assessment of specific learning difficulties by providing to individuals, schools, FE Colleges and companies dyslexia testing assessments that identify dyslexia, as well as other difficulties, learning styles, learning strengths and weaknesses.

We offer specialist assessments for individuals of any age who feel that they or their child are not progressing as well as they might and who would like to know exactly where their difficulties lie and ways in which they can be supported to enable them to learn and achieve in order to maximize their full potential.

Access Arrangements for Exams

Candidates with particular physical or learning needs can find themselves disadvantaged when it comes to taking an exam. Access arrangements help support learners with particular needs so that they can access their exams as easily as anyone else can. They make sure that all candidates have equal access to exams and that no-one has an unfair advantage over anyone else. For candidates with learning difficulties you will need a report, dated within three years of the exam, written by an educational, clinical or occupational psychologist, or by a teacher with a specialist qualification in special needs. If a candidate only needs 25% extra time to finish the exam, the report can be dated from the time they began secondary school.

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Disabled Students Allowance

Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) is a Government grant that can pay for extra equipment and support that you may need as a direct result of your disability, on-going health condition, sensory impairment, mental-health condition or specific learning difficulty. As well as computer hardware and software and other specialist equipment you may be able to use the grant to help with the cost of having a non-medical helper, specialist equipment, and the cost of extra travel and other items for your course, such as extra books and photocopying.

You are eligible for DSA if you are a student on a higher education course who lives in England and can prove that you have a disability, medical condition, sensory impairment, mental-health condition or a specific learning difficulty which affects your ability to study.