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Schools with hearing impairment provision in Birmingham

Deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils, with teachers of the deaf, acoustically treated rooms and often British Sign Language. Birmingham has 6 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for hearing impairment and 3 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (6)

Pupils have a specialist base and staff inside an ordinary school. Places are separate from the school's main admissions and normally need an EHC plan.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Bournville SchoolAll-through schoolResourced provision4-16Birmingham10Requires improvement 20245
Hawthorn Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Birmingham–Good 202452
Lift Percy ShurmerPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Birmingham24Outstanding 202398
Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth FormSecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Birmingham12Good 202281
FairfaxSecondary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needs and moreResourced provision11-18Sutton Coldfield16Good 202458
Small Heath Leadership AcademySecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Birmingham1Good 202270

Special schools (3)

Special schools take pupils with an education, health and care plan; the council names the school in the plan. Many cater for several needs.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Braidwood School for the DeafSpecial schoolSpecial school11-19Birmingham82 pupilsNot inspected–
Brays SchoolSpecial school · also physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties, visual impairmentSpecial school2-11Birmingham93 pupilsNot inspected–
Longwill A Primary School for Deaf ChildrenSpecial schoolSpecial school2-12Birmingham53 pupilsOutstanding 2022–
Other councilsAll schools in Birmingham

Other needs

AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesSevere learning difficultiesProfound and multiple learning difficultiesVisual impairmentMulti-sensory impairmentPhysical disabilitySpecific learning difficultiesOther needs

How to read this

The list comes from the Department for Education's register of schools (Get Information about Schools), which records the type of SEN provision each school has and how many pupils are in a resourced provision or SEN unit. Resourced provision means extra staff and funding for a group of pupils who spend most of their time in ordinary classes. A SEN unit is a separate class within the school. Both need a place agreed by the council through an education, health and care plan; ask the council's SEND team, not the school's admissions office. The register is only as good as what schools report, so check with the school before relying on it.