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Schools with hearing impairment provision in County Durham

Deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils, with teachers of the deaf, acoustically treated rooms and often British Sign Language. County Durham has 3 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for hearing impairment and 1 special school that caters for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (3)

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
Durham Gilesgate Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision2-11Durham12Good 202346
Greenland Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSEN unit4-11Stanley25Not inspected93
Belmont Community SchoolSecondary school · also visual impairmentResourced provision11-16Durham3Good 202471

Special schools (1)

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
Hope Wood AcademySpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication and moreSpecial school2-19Durham250 pupilsNot inspected–
Other councilsAll schools in County Durham

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.