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Welcome To Our Website

Message from the Joint Headmasters "Welcome to the Edington and Shapwick School website. We are a specialist dyslexic school and have taught a mainstream curriculum to children with dyslexia since 1974. We are category 'A' CReSTeD and Ofsted inspected dyslexic school.

Our specialist dyslexic boarding and day school is based on the beautiful Somerset levels. We welcome pupils aged between 8-18."


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Why Choose Us?

All of our pupils have dyslexia so your child will feel the same as everyone else at our specialist dyslexia school. Our pupils are taught coping strategies that allow them to deal with dyslexia.

"My dyslexic son was unable to participate at his last school. He left Shapwick with 7 GCSE's. I didn't even think he would be able to leave home."

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News

Poem By Shapwick Student

This is a poem that one of our students wrote.Today we went to Whatley Quarry,On the way there we saw a lorry, ...


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Events

Past Pupils' Reunion

Following a very successful reunion in the autumn term of 2006 we are proposing to hold another similar event on: Saturday 4th October 2008 ...


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Featured Articles

Past Pupils' Reunion

Following a very successful reunion in the autumn term of 2006 we are proposing to hold another similar event on: Saturday 4th October 2008

Boarding at Edington

At our boarding house there are chickens, dens and acres of space to play ballgames, hide in trees, set up water slides and have BBQ's. Girls and boys enjoy playing games of football together, swinging on the tree swing or just relaxing outside.

£3 Million Project to help dyslexic children with dyslexia

A 3m programme to help dyslexic children who are struggling to read and write has been announced by the be announced by the Government.

Is society failing to help to children with dyslexia?

Sadly, dyslexia means that ‘failure’ can pursue boys and girls throughout their school days. One could argue that that this proportion is actually growing with the ever-growing emphasis on literacy.