Do #deaf kids today have a better experience than I did going to a mainstream UK state comprehensive school?
I wanted to think so.
But the statistics are not as good as I’d hoped…
78% of deaf children in the UK attend mainstream schools where they may be the only deaf child.
6% of deaf children attend mainstream schools with resource provisions –
a resource provision provides specialist support to deaf children as part of a mainstream school.
12% attend special schools not specifically for deaf children.
In England, only 1 in 5 deaf children have an Education, Health and Care plan.
Deaf children rely on specialist support from Teachers of the Deaf. But there’s been a decline of 15% in the number of qualified Teachers of the Deaf in England since 2011.
Across the UK, 50% of Teachers of the Deaf are due to retire in the next 10 to 15 years.
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