@jmaza2000 I will say this you say you, hated Maple Hayes, I generally liked the school better than where I was before I went there but I did not like that Mr Harrison he really got up my nose and he would humiliate you in front of the rest of the children stupid man he was. Did you know Mr Shirley and what was he like to you?. I did not mind Mr Shirley, he was reasonably easy to get on with.

@runningonflat Oh really? So because my above post isn’t riddled with errors it MUST be due to me attending Maple Hayes for a while. That’s quite an assumption. In fact it was years of subsequent lessons from the dyslexia institute – and a computer spell checker – that are responsible.

@runningonflat For me Maple Hayes was the best school I could ever have gone to, I went there in the 80s and one male science teacher who taught there was like a prison warder. He was not fit to be a teacher, he was not well liked he acted like he owned the place I just wish I had had the courage to tell him he was in the wrong job and he should be a prison officer. There are teachers who act like prison officers, in every school it does not gain them respect the children won’t respect them.

@jmaza2000 that’s a shame, but not everyone can like school can they? Looks like you did really well with your literacy while you were there though!

I went there in the 80s & hated the place from start to finish! If all the other comments are legit then the school must have changed a hell of a lot since then as I saw wanton misery & some horrendous bullying. One of the things Dyslexics suffer from is poor short term memory, but that didn’t stop them punishing you with detentions for forgetting to pick up your swimming kit etc. How stupid. And DB’s beloved icons only work for words you can phonetically. Other than that they’re useless.

@RachelPride1 I hope your Daughter has an excellent time and is successful at Maple Hayes School, I hope she is happier at Maple Hayes than at her previous school. I myself loved Maple Hayes as a school, I when I went there felt like an individual and not like a failure which I was made to feel in my previous schools. I am pleased that Dr Brown gave me the right help, and I  am sure he will help your Daughter any way and every way he can. I hope your Daughter is enjoying, Maple Hayes as a school

I was pleased to go to Maple Hayes, when I went there the school was new and was getting started. I would hope the school has a big reunion, in the future and if there is one I will gladly go, and see the school and see if I meet pupils from my time there. I know Maple Hayes does shakespeare in the park which was started when I was still there, I have read that an expupil from Maple Hayes a girl called Briony Pike was acting in some of thes plays the school did. I hope Briony has a good life.

I wish I had gained nine gcses like Fiona Lockhart , a girl I don’t know and also I read that another girl called Claudia Deeley also did well in her gcses. I don’t know Claudia Deeley but I hope both Claudia and Fiona are very successful woman in their later lives and hold down whatever jobs thes young ladies get. I hope if there is a big reunion at Maple Hayes, to hopeully meet these young ladies and tell them about my time, at Maple Hayes and what a good school it was for me in my time there

I think any girl or boy with dyslexia, is better off in Maple Hayes than in a mainstream school I felt better at Maple Hayes than in the schools I was at before I went to Maple Hayes. I found Dr Brown senior who was at the time both headteacher and principal very nice and very helpful in diagnosing my problems so I could go to Maple Hayes and get the right help I needed. If I had not gone , to Maple Hayes I would have continued to be bullied like I was in the school I attended before maple hayes

I went to Maple hayes in the early 80s when the school was brand new, I am glad I went to Maple Hayes and got a better education than I would have done in the previous schools I attended. I wish I had been as successful as a girl called Fiona Lockhart who I don’t know personally , but I am pleased Fiona Lockhart was got nine gcses where as i have not had the same success as Fiona Lockhart . I hope Fiona Lockhart is successful in her adult life and does well in whatever job she gets.

Ever since i can remember they put me in special classes too. Having horrible spelling and reading. After all these years i finally found out am Dyslexic. Am 26 now and I didn’t know it was a disorder. It has nothing to do with Intelligence which i knew deep down inside. But the whole time they made us feel like we were stupid.Now i find it to be a gift. Great things comes from adversity and the Stock Market is my ticket out. Pay Back Time…

i am dyslexiaic, i remember i was fight with a undyslexiaic person online. oh my god, that was totally mess up. ha ha

Maple Hayes has done a fantastic job for our son. So many children have come to this school and outperformed all their previous expectations. It’s so sad that thousands of struggling children elsewhere cannot access the same curriculum and techniques that are so effectively used here. Come on Ed Balls – here’s a great success story you should be celebrating, not ignoring!

My son started October 2008 at the age of 13 – he was being bullied at his previous school – he is now full of confidence and self esteem and i sincerely thank Dr Brown, the staff and all the pupils for making school a place my son wants to be part of . Unfortunately the process to prove your child has learning difficulties can be very stressful – but do not give up – your child deserves the right to a proper education.

My Daughter started Maple Hayes 1 year ago, she is 9 and is severely dyslexic. She was struggling in main stream school and her confidence was very low…but is coming on in leaps and bounds now….thank goodness for Dr.Brown!!! Thankyou so much.