John Biddle Optician’s actively promote FREE NHS eye exams for children under the age of 16 and up to the age of 19 if they are in full time education and recommend that parents arrange for their children to have regular eye exams during their learning years.

A recently commissioned report highlights that undected problems can seriously damage a child’s eye health, affect child’s social and academic development, and can lead to permanent visual problems in later life.

Our fully qualified optometrists are trained and experienced in recognising many potentially damanging conditions, and can regularly advise on your child’s visual health and standard of vision during these particularly important years. 

There was a time when children dreaded being told that they need to wear glasses but today’s high fashion awareness and celebrity endorsements have made wearing specs and sunglasses highly desirable, some might say ‘cool’.  Styles are changing at a rapid pace throughout the fashion industry and for teens, keeping up with the next fashion trend is an essential part of growing up.

Many children’s glasses come free of charge with an NHS voucher and children can choose from a wide variety of funky frames both in plastic and metal all of which come in an exciting array of colours, and are as practical as they are fashionable.  The vast majority of children’s glasses have features such as adjustable soft pads, comfort bridges for their small noses, spring hinges for added resilience, and to ensure your childs safety in those rough and tumble moments we recommend plastic lenses which can be treated with scratch resistant coatings for greater durability.