Diagnostic screening and assessment

If you think that you may have a neurodivergent condition such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD or autism, please see below for further information on the steps in the screening and assessment process.

Please see above for access to the screener

If you are a final year undergraduate student in AY 2024/25 seeking support after 16th February, you can still complete a screener but we will be unable to refer you for and fund a diagnostic assessment as it would likely be too late for you to apply for Disabled Students' Allowance.

However, should your screener show indicators of a neurodivergent condition, we could still implement Examination Access Arrangements (see deadlines for applying here) and some internal support from the university.

If you are a final year final year postgraduate student (AY 2024/25) seeking support with less than 12 weeks of your academic programme remaining, you can still complete a screener but we will be unable to refer you for and fund a diagnostic assessment as it would likely be too late for you to apply for Disabled Students' Allowance.

However, should your screener show indicators of a neurodivergent condition, we could still implement Examination Access Arrangements (see deadlines for applying here) and some internal support from the university.

The cost of the diagnostic assessment will be paid for by the university. As we have a contract with a specified provider it is not possible for us to pay for diagnostic assessments with any other assessor. If you would like to have an appointment with us before being referred to the diagnostic assessor you can request one, although please be advised that this will delay your eventual appointment with the diagnostician.

Your diagnostic assessment will be carried out remotely by the Halcyon Centre. They have a service level agreement with us to offer you an appointment within 20 working days (i.e. not weekends or Bank Holidays) and to return your ensuing assessment report to us within 5 working days but these are the longest dates you will have to wait and you will usually find that everything moves quite quickly.

The assessment will be conducted remotely and takes around 3 hours, during which you will be screened for dyslexia, dyspraxia and ADHD and assessed as appropriate.  The assessment will include an interview and various tasks related to reading, writing, memory and information processing. 

Following your assessment, your assessor will produce a diagnostic report which will state which, if any, SpLDs you have and will contain recommendations for support from the university and any other organisations the assessor feels would be helpful.  

Please see our FAQ section for further details on the diagnostic assessment process.

Following your assessment with a diagnostician, you will be invited to discuss next steps, including appropriate support, with a member of the Disability and Dyslexia Service.

Please see our FAQ section for further details on what happens following your diagnostic assessment.

Please contact us for more information. All enquiries will be treated in absolute confidence.