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Teaching and Support
Achievement
Both primary and secondary are recognised by the DfES (Department of Education and Science) as being in the top 5% of schools nationally for value added progress at all Key Stages. At secondary level, all pupils take an average of 6 GCSEs, (General Certificate of Education) as well as other qualifications.
Pupils' personal development and well-being are outstanding as a result of the excellent support by all staff, who put the needs of the pupils first and take a genuine interest in their achievement.
(Ofsted report, November 2006)
Specialist and experienced staff.
We have a strong and diverse team of hearing and deaf professionals at Blanche Nevile School to meet our pupils’ needs. These include qualified Teachers of the Deaf, Communication Support Workers, Specialist Nursery Nurse, Learning Support Assistants, Deaf Instructor, BSL Tutor, Educational Audiologist, and Speech and Language Therapists. Where appropriate, we also work closely with other professionals, for example physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Educational Psychologists to ensure every child’s needs are fully met.
Some children, who have well-developed oral skills, will receive their education through spoken English possibly with some sign to support the spoken word. Others, who are dominant in British Sign Language, will receive most of their education through BSL. All children access and develop both languages. Every deaf child in the school has opportunities to study and use British Sign Language, as we believe it is of benefit to all deaf children. As well as supporting their language acquisition, BSL allows all deaf children and adults to communicate easily with each other and forms part of a Deaf identity. We want our children to be bilingual so that they are comfortable in both the hearing and Deaf communities
Curriculum
We provide the full National Curriculum and the Foundation Stage curriculum for our youngest children. All children receive a broad and balanced curriculum that is differentiated to meet their needs. Children are taught in small groups by qualified Teachers of the Deaf and Subject Specialists (Secondary), individually and in larger mainstream classes.
The curriculum is good and offers a relevant and broad range of experiences that support excellent personal and good academic development. It is further strengthened by the inclusion opportunities that pupils have in mainstream classes.
(Ofsted report, November 2006)
There is a strong focus on developing language and literacy skills throughout the curriculum within a language rich environment.
