{"id":9737,"date":"2017-10-11T08:50:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T08:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/?p=9737"},"modified":"2026-04-27T05:18:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T05:18:32","slug":"jack-harley-walsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/jack-harley-walsh\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Harley-Walsh"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A DYSLEXIC teenager who was turned away from 30 schools has started his dream course at university.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jack Harley-Walsh first made headlines when he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for charity at the age of ten.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A year later he faced the even bigger obstacle of getting into a school, with 30 secondaries across Berkshire, Hampshire and Surrey saying no due to Jack’s high levels of special needs.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 18 year-old has dyslexia and dyscalculia, a combination that makes reading, writing and numeracy based learning particularly difficult, and at 11 years-old little potential of a long career in education.<\/span><\/p>\n

After winning a place at St David’s College in North Wales however, the south Ascot resident excelled.<\/span><\/p>\n

The school’s specialist techniques and dyslexia focused teaching helped Jack to a strong set of GCSEs in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

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At the time he told The News: “I just wanted the results to make me feel proud of myself and for my teachers to be rewarded. I’ve now got a big smile and lots of goosebumps.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s been tough living away from home to get this education but it is what I needed if I wanted to become an engineer and fly for the RAF.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Two years later and Jack’s ambitions are still very much alive after he scooped a B in design and technology A Level, distinctions in science and production design BTECS and a place at Swansea University to study automotive design.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It is a tremendous achievement for him and his teachers,” explained mum Sue Walsh.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"22359152_10211923656384466_1290625919_n\"“To do his GCSEs was extraordinary. To get his A Levels and get to university is totally phenomenal.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“He has ruined the family tradition though, because none of us went to university.”<\/span><\/p>\n

In October 2015 Jack was featured in an ITV documentary in which he opened his GCSE results on camera.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said: “I was the educational train wreck, no school wanted me, no teacher could teach me, even I didn’t want to be me. I just couldn’t learn the way most schools taught.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“I know how lucky I am to have this much support from school so I don’t use dyslexia as an excuse I work with it and I have learned to have belief in myself.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“I want to encourage other kids to feel the same.\u201d<\/span>
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\nSource:<\/strong><\/span> Milo Boyd<\/strong> – Daily Post UK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A DYSLEXIC teenager who was turned away from 30 schools has started his dream course at university. Jack Harley-Walsh first made headlines when he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for charity at the age of ten. A year later he faced the even bigger obstacle of getting into a school, with 30...
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