Derby Deaf school out of special measures
Staff and pupils at a Derby school are celebrating after a Government inspector removed it from special measures after finding ‘significant improvements’.
Royal School for...
Leaked Report lists failings at Exeter Deaf Academy
A leaked copy of a briefing giving a summary of the safeguarding investigation at Exeter Deaf Academy has revealed vast serious failings, including incidents...
Deaf children still under-achieving in GCSEs
Government figures show that deaf children are 36% less likely to get 5 GCSEs (including English and Maths) at grades A* to C. The...
Conrad at 100
Professor Graham H. Turner salutes Dr Reuben Conrad, whose groundbreaking research in the late 70s proved that depriving deaf children of the opportunity to...
First Graduates from Scotland BSL degree course
The Herald: Scotland is setting the agenda for sign language provision internationally thanks to new graduates from the country's first degree course on the...
An important moment in Deaf history… How the National Deaf Studies Curriculum changed Deaf...
Catherine Drew (top right, with Sandra David), Leader of Bilingual Practice at Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children and Chair of the National Deaf...
My life and times in deaf education
As she prepares to retire as Head teacher at Frank Barnes School, Karen Simpson shares her thoughts with BDN. She tells us how things...
Damning report into Margate School closure
In the March issue of BDN we reported on the effects of the sudden closure of the Royal School for Deaf Children in Margate....
Margate closure leaves deaf children with complex needs in limbo: Sasha
Local authorities and parents have been struggling to find alternative schools for children who had been attending the Royal School for Deaf Children since...
Margate closure leaves deaf children with complex needs in limbo: Archie
Local authorities and parents have been struggling to find alternative schools for children who had been attending the Royal School for Deaf Children since...
