Education for deaf children: How is your area doing?

You told us you want to be able to compare the education support available for your deaf child, with other areas. We've collected information from services across the UK. Find out more about your area and what you could do next.

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Total number of deaf children living in the area:
(with permanent deafness only)

Total number of deaf children supported by the service:
(with permanent or temporary deafness)

Total number of visiting Teachers of the Deaf:

National average of visiting Teachers to deaf children:

Number of schools for deaf children:

Number of specialist units for deaf children in the area:

Ratio of specialist units to deaf children in the area:

National average of units bases to deaf children:

Number of Educational Members in the area:

Educational Members are educational settings that have signed up to our Educational Membership and have committed to supporting deaf children and those with other forms of hearing loss.

This data displays full time equivalent posts rather than people