Learning Lighthouse Dyslexia Services Ltd

12/09/2026

Contact Alex or Naomi at: https://www.learninglighthousedyslexia.com/

10/09/2026

Contact Alex or Naomi at Learning Lighthouse Dyslexia Services
https://www.learninglighthousedyslexia.com/

09/09/2026

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗸? 💙

This is something I know many parents worry about when their child is struggling at school.

We often hear about famous people with dyslexia; Richard Branson, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Jamie Oliver, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom and Noel Gallagher are just a few.

And yes, it’s reassuring to see people with dyslexia doing so well.

But actually, I hear something during assessments that I find just as reassuring.

When we talk about family history, a parent will often say:

“𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙖𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙮𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙘. 𝙃𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛.”

Sometimes it’s Mum, Grandad, an aunt or an older sibling. School was difficult for them, but they’ve gone on to build successful careers, run businesses, work in creative or practical fields, or simply find something they are really good at.

Dyslexia can make aspects of school hard. Reading, spelling, writing, remembering information and working at speed can all take more effort.

But those difficulties don’t tell us how intelligent or capable a child is or what their future will look like.

Dyslexic people can also have strengths in areas such as problem-solving, creativity, visual thinking and seeing the bigger picture. Of course, every dyslexic person is different.

So, 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗢𝗞?

In all likelihood, 𝗬𝗲𝘀.

What we can do now is make the journey easier: understand what’s causing the difficulties, make sure the right support is in place and, importantly, protect their confidence.

Because struggling with literacy at 8, 10 or 12 does not tell us where that child will be at 18, 25 or 40.

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱’𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲, 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘂𝘀. 💙

𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒏𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒔. 𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒔.

Dyslexia Assessment and Support in Oldham, Rochdale, Saddleworth, Tameside and surrounding areas.

02/09/2026

📣 We now offer diagnostic dyslexia assessments up to the age of 24 years.

Further information is available on our website.

A little milestone for us today... our website is finally live! 🎉

It's just the two of us at Learning Lighthouse Dyslexia, and we're proud to be able to share our new website.

We work with children and young people up to the age of 16, helping them develop confidence, literacy skills, and a better understanding of how they learn. Every child is different, and that's why we offer support that is tailored to the individual.

Our new website brings together information about who we are, what we do, and how we can support families.

If you'd like to take a look, you can find us here:

🌐 https://www.learninglighthousedyslexia.com

If you know a family, young person or school who might benefit from specialist dyslexia support, we'd be grateful if you could share this post.

Thank you to everyone who has supported us so far. Starting a small business is exciting but nerve-wracking so we really appreciate it.

Alex & Naomi 💙

30/08/2026

𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝘆𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗮?

Does your child, teen or young person…

📚 Struggle with reading, spelling or written work across the curriculum?

⏱️ Take much longer than their peers to read, write or complete assignments?

🧠 Spend hours studying, only to feel that the information just doesn’t stick?

😕 Become frustrated by how much effort they put in compared with their friends?

💭 Seem to understand far more than they are able to show in their written work?

A dyslexia assessment can help you understand 𝘄𝗵𝘆?

At Learning Lighthouse Dyslexia, we offer diagnostic dyslexia assessments and bespoke screening for children and young people aged 8–24.

Diagnostic assessment reports are suitable for supporting Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA) applications.

📌 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿–𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲.

Based in Oldham and welcoming families from Rochdale, Tameside, Manchester and surrounding areas.

📩 Get in touch for a no-pressure conversation about whether assessment might be the right next step.

Alex & Naomi

𝑀𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑠. 𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑠.

27/08/2026

💭 “𝗜𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝘆𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗮...
𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘁?”

One thing I’ve been thinking about recently is how difficult dyslexia can sometimes be to spot in the classroom.

Not because teachers don’t care. Not because they aren’t doing their job. But because the underlying difficulties aren’t always obvious and dyslexia doesn’t look the same in every child.

As a teacher, I’ve heard (and even said in the past) things like:

“They’re so hit and miss.”

“They knew this last week.”

“They have the skills, they just don’t always apply them.”

“They work so slowly.”

“Their spelling is all over the place.”

“There’s definitely something going on, but I can’t quite put my finger on it.”

And sometimes:

“It can’t be dyslexia; they can read.”

A recent assessment brought this back to me. On the surface, there hadn’t been significant concerns at school. But the young person had been finding learning hard for a long time.

And that’s the important bit.

Sometimes what we see is the 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲: slow work, inconsistent spelling, forgotten learning, difficulty revising, variable performance, rather than the underlying difficulties contributing to it.

A child doesn’t have to be unable to read to be dyslexic.

Sometimes they 𝙘𝙖𝙣 do it.

It just takes far more effort than anyone realises or can see. 💙

If you recognise some of these things in your child, there are ways to explore what might be going on. We offer dyslexia screening and full diagnostic assessments, as well as individual study skills support to help children and young people understand how they learn and find strategies that work for them.

If you're not sure what would be appropriate, we're always happy to have a chat about your concerns 😊

Alex & Naomi
Learning Lighthouse Dyslexia 💙

𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒏𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒔. 𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒔.

23/08/2026

𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴… 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲! ☕️💙💛

When you’re both working on a Sunday, a brew break is essential.

Alex is taking a well-earned break from report writing to enjoy her coffee in the garden ☀️🌿… while Naomi appears to have interpreted “brew break” as 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 🤭

At least we’re both properly equipped with our Learning Lighthouse mugs, very kindly given to us by a good friend when our little business was getting up and running.

There’s plenty that goes on behind the scenes: reading, scoring, analysing, and report writing, but everything is improved by a decent cup of coffee.

𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗗𝘆𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗮

𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒏𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒔. 𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒔.

20/08/2026

📚 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱! 📚

I spent this morning at our office in the Business Centre completing my final diagnostic assessment of the Summer break.

Now it’s time to bring all the pieces of the assessment together. This weekend I’ll be scoring and analysing the assessment data, considering the evidence as a whole, making my diagnostic decision and writing up the detailed report.

Then I’m taking a short break before the new academic year gets underway.

🍂 𝙎𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙊𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣. 🍂

📞 💻 📧 If you are considering a dyslexia assessment for your child or young person this autumn, please get in touch to discuss availability and whether an assessment would be right for you.

Learning Lighthouse Dyslexia Services Ltd

𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒏𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒔. 𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒔.

16/08/2026

Preparation work for a feedback meeting tomorrow.
As part of a full diagnostic assessment you can book a 20 minute feedback meeting to discuss anything written in the report.

16/08/2026

🥂 Three months of Learning Lighthouse Dyslexia!

Just over three months ago, we decided to take the plunge and work together (again).

We're still learning about being a business as we go, but we're so grateful that we get to do it together. Sharing ideas, supporting each other and talking through assessments.

One of the best things about working as a team? Two perspectives, two lots of experience and, quite often, two brains puzzling over something together.

Two brains for the price of one! 😄

Here's to friendship, teamwork and the next three months. 💙

Alex & Naomi