About me
Toria Thomas ✦ Dyslexia Specialist & SEND Expert
I support children, adults, families, schools and businesses to help everyone with dyslexia and other learning needs reach their full potential.
I cover Bath, Wiltshire, South Gloucestershire and Swindon areas.
With the qualifications, skills and experience to guide individuals, families, educators and employers, I provide specialist private dyslexia assessments, personalised learning plans, workplace needs assessments and expert guidance to navigate the challenges of learning differences.
Whether you’re looking for clarity, confidence or practical strategies, I’m here to help you understand each person’s unique strengths and unlock their full potential. See my background, experience and qualifications below.
My Qualifications
✦ Current Assessment Practising Certificate (APC)
25/APC07139 (BDA), Bath Spa University
✦ Level 4 OCN London Accredited Workplace Needs Assessor
2025
✦ AMBDA HE
Edgehill University, 2025
✦ Level 7 Postgraduate AMBDA
Bath Spa University, 2025
✦ Level 7 Postgraduate Certificate Specialist Teacher of Dyslexia/Specific Learning Difficulties
Bath Spa University, 2024
✦ City & Guilds Level 2 Autism Awareness
✦ Dyspraxia/DCD Assessor
✦ Level 7 Certificate of Psychometric Testing, Assessment and Access Arrangements
University of Middlesex 2022
✦ Level 3 Forest School Leader
2020
✦ Level 7 Postgraduate Certificate in SENCO/NASENCO
Bath Spa University, 2020
✦ Postgraduate Certificate in Education
University of Bath, 1998
✦ BSc (Hons) Geographical Science
University of Portsmouth, 1994
✦ Understanding DCD/Dyspraxia in SPLD Assessment (2026)
Experience
✦ Dyslexia assessor for children and adults
✦ Specialist Dyslexia Teacher - delivering 1:1 support for children
✦ 8 years as a SENCO with a NASENCO/Postgraduate Certificate in SENCO from Bath Spa University
✦ 20 years teaching experience in mainstream, specialist and independent schools
✦ 3 years as an Access Arrangements Assessor
✦ Qualified Workplace Needs Assessor
✦ 3 years therapeutic mentoring
✦ 6 years as a Level 3 Forest School Leader
✦ 15 Years as a Coast & Countryside Leader and South West Moorland Leader
✦ Expertise in Alternative Provision in Wiltshire and working with EOTIS children
✦ Extensive experience supporting children and families struggling with attendance or at risk of exclusion, working both in advisory and teaching capacities
✦ Skilled in multi-agency collaboration, ensuring coordinated support for each child's needs
Training
✦ Safeguarding - Enhanced DBS and Level 2 Safeguarding Training
✦ Trauma
✦ Non-School Attendance (EBSA)
✦ ADHD
✦ Attachment Disorders
✦ Outdoor First Aid
✦ Dyscalculia
✦ Prevent
✦ Accredited Educational Visits Co-ordinator
✦ Ongoing CPD as Dyslexia Assessor
