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Schools with hearing impairment provision in North Yorkshire

Deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils, with teachers of the deaf, acoustically treated rooms and often British Sign Language. North Yorkshire has 2 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for hearing impairment and 2 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (2)

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
Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision4-11Knaresborough49Good 202464
St John Fisher Catholic AcademySecondary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needs and moreSEN unit11-18Harrogate38Good 202285

Special schools (2)

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
Springhead SchoolSpecial school · also autism, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and moreSpecial school2-19Scarborough109 pupilsOutstanding 2023
The Forest SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health and moreSpecial school2-16Knaresborough155 pupilsNo overall grade 2025

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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.