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Notes to accompany Maths Difficulties Guidance March 25
PDF / 244.06 KB
This document is a copy of the additional guidance and explanatory detail which appear in comment boxes in the SASC Guidance on Assessment of Mathematics Difficulties and Dyscalculia 2025.
SASC Format for A Diagnostic Assessment Report for SpLDs, with NO COMMENTS, June 2025
DOCX / 164.42 KB
This is the required report format for a diagnostic assessment for Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs).
This report format was updated by the SpLD Assessment Standards Committee (SASC) in May 2025. It can be used from the date of publication and its use will be mandatory from January 1st 2027.
This version of the report format should be read in conjunction with ‘Guidance notes to accompany SASC Report Format 2025’, available in a separate document which can be accessed from SASC Downloads.
Additional guidance notes and explanatory detail are signalled by [AG] and consecutive numbering used in the Guidance Notes document.
Guidance notes to accompany SASC Report Format 2025
DOCX / 169.71 KB
The additional guidance comments for the SASC 2025 Report Format are collected together here as a separate document to provide additional accessibility. The additional guidance reference numbering (AG#) follows the 2025 report format document.
SASC Visual Difficulties Screening Protocol June 2025
DOCX / 904.51 KB
The screening protocol provides two short questionnaires, which assessors should use to gather information on an individual’s visual history and any symptoms and signs of visual difficulty, and a template letter for referral to an optometrist if required on the basis of the questionnaire responses.
SASC Format for A Diagnostic Assessment Report for SpLDs June 2025
DOCX / 233.27 KB
This is the required report format for a diagnostic assessment for Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs).
This report format was updated by the SpLD Assessment Standards Committee (SASC) in May 2025. It can be used from the date of publication and its use will be mandatory from January 1st 2027.
Additional guidance and explanatory detail is provided throughout in numbered comment boxes, allowing assessors immediate access to further information and clarification.
Two other document downloads are also available: the report format minus the guidance in comments, and the additional guidance comments collected together as a separate document.
Report Format 2025 presentation handout
PDF / 1.03 MB
Handout to support presentation by Caroline Holden and Alice Thomas 4 June
