Orchid Education offers diagnostic Dyslexia assessments and specialist tutoring for primary and secondary age children in Bath, Bristol and the surrounding areas.

Professional Memberships and Accreditations

Associate Member of the British Dyslexia Association (AMBDA): AMBDA number: 23/AMB07075

Full Professional Membership of Professional Association of Teachers of Students with Specific Learning Difficulties

Assessment Practising Certificate (APC): APC number: 500003413 -IF10150

About Me

My name is Suzi Presland and I have been a passionate teacher with big aspirations for all children for 25 years. As an Inclusion Leader and SENCo for the last 10 years, I work with many children and families across a broad spectrum of strengths and learning needs. I am a firm believer in not placing glass ceilings on children, particularly those with a diagnosis or difficulty, and have high expectations for them all.

Having achieved the National SENCo Award and Post-graduate Certificate in Vulnerable Learners and Inclusion, I returned to Bath Spa University and completed Post-graduate Certificates (Level 7) to become a Dyslexia assessor and specialist teacher. What began as a desire to understand more about dyslexia in a practical sense as part of my SENCo role, evolved into a desire to be able to use this specialism more and so Orchid Education was born.

I am AMBDA qualified and I have associate membership with the British Dyslexia Association and Assessment Practise Certificate status with PATOSS (Professional Association of Teachers Of Students with Specific learning difficulties) where I also have full membership. This means that my qualifications are recognised by SASC (SpLD Assessment Standards Committee) and that I studied an accredited course. I hold Professional Indemnity and Public Liability Insurance and I have a current active DBS.

Seeing self-confidence in a child grow is a joy and having a part to play in a child's learning journey is a privilege that I truly relish. Where a child may be experiencing difficultly, understanding their world is important and this is where diagnostic assessment fits in. There is more information on what the assessment process looks like on this website, but please do get in touch if you have any questions at all.

Suzi

"I would thoroughly recommend Suzi as a dyslexia assessor. She assessed our son, aged 8, and the entire process was nurturing, informative and supportive. She made our son feel at ease and brought out the best in him as well as providing lots of detail and explanation for us as parents.

The finished report we received captured our child perfectly and really helped us all to understand the way he learns and how we can now support him going forwards.

I feel very lucky we found someone who made the experience empowering for us as a family and highlighted all the positives of a dyslexia diagnosis."

"I would highly recommend Orchid Education Dyslexia Assessment. Suzi was professional and extremely knowledgeable. She skilfully worked with my son, who was slightly younger than 8 years old and had issues with attention, to carry out the assessment. Suzi gave thorough feedback of her findings, outlining my son's strengths and areas of weakness. It was emotionally hard to hear, but Suzi communicated in a sensitive and tactful manner, so I clearly knew the areas we needed to work on whilst feeling positive about the needs my son has. I have been able to put the much-needed support in place for my son, and Suzi has given us hope for his future. Suzi was welcoming and understanding and has a genuine passion with supporting children, and their parents, with handling dyslexia."

"Suzi has been visiting our home for sessions with our son for two terms now. She is fantastic with him. The sessions are tailored to his interests and are engaging.
His confidence in both reading and writing has improved so much. He has SEN and has always struggled with his literacy skills - so the sessions with Suzi has been such a great investment. Highly recommend :)"

"Suzi is professional and kind at all times. She understands the needs of the children that she is working with and quickly helps them them to feel at ease. Suzi is extremely thorough during the assessment process and her feedback to parents/carers is thoughtful but always honest. I cannot recommend Suzi highly enough."

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