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Schools with hearing impairment provision in Suffolk

Deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils, with teachers of the deaf, acoustically treated rooms and often British Sign Language. Suffolk has 6 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 (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
Lakenheath Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSEN unit4-11Lakenheath12Good 202422
Rushmere Hall Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit and resourced provision3-11Ipswich30Good 202460
Westgate Community Primary School and NurseryPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Bury St Edmunds9Good 20228
Bungay High SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Bungay3Report card 202629
Ixworth High SchoolSecondary school · also autismSEN unit11-16Ixworth20No overall grade 202534
King Edward VI CEVC SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Bury St Edmunds13Not inspected36

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
The Bridge SchoolSpecial school · also autism, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication and moreSpecial school4-19Ipswich257 pupilsGood 2023–
Thomas Wolsey Ormiston AcademySpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school3-16Ipswich105 pupilsGood 2021–
Other councilsAll schools in Suffolk

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.