Pupils offered free eye tests after shock survey

By The Newsroom
Published 20th Jan 2016, 07:00 BST
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Radical new online vision screening software is being provided free of charge to schools in the Eastbourne area following a study revealing that millions of UK children under the age of 12 have never had an eye test.

The three-minute screening test, developed by optometrists and vision scientists at City University London, has been shown to detect the most common eye problems among children and will be available nationwide from this week.

Through funding by Specsavers opticians, the software, which has been designed to be operated by teachers and other school staff or volunteers, is being made available at no cost to all 27,000 primary and secondary schools in the UK.