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DEAF AND PARTIALLY HEARING PUPILS
Deaf Partially Hearing
In Residential Schools 12 4
In Day Schools and Units 3 33
No child was newly ascertained as deaf during the year. Six children
were found to require admission to suitable units for the partially hearing,
and four of these children were admitted in 1968, leaving two children
still on the waiting list.
It is pleasing to record the opening in September of a fourth unit for
partially hearing pupils in Croydon. This unit, at Riddlesdown Secondary
School, ensures the complete provision of special facilities for partially
hearing pupils throughout the whole age range. The first unit for partially
hearing pupils in Croydon was opened in January 1964 and in less than
five years the Committee has been able to extend its facilities to provide
a comprehensive service throughout school life. All this provision has
been achieved against a background of sudden and unexpected demand
coupled with a chronic shortage of experienced, trained teaching staff.
The appreciation of all those in the School Health Service concerned with
this work, to the members of the Education Department who have made
such rapid progress possible is very warmly recorded.
52 deaf or partially hearing pupils are at present placed in the following
special schools or units, and this represents an increase of 13% compared
with the previous year, and the highest figure yet recorded in
Croydon. Twenty of these children are now of secondary age, and a further
four children living outside Croydon attend day units provided by the
Corporation.
Day Pupils Residential Pupils
Kingsley Partially Hearing Units Royal School for the Deaf, Margate 5
(a) Nursery Unit 8 Nutfield Priory School, Surrey
(b) Infant Unit 9 (Deaf) 4
(c) Junior Unit 4 Mary Hare Grammar School (Deaf) 2
Riddlesdown Partially Hearing Edith Edwards House, Banstead
Unit 6 Larchmore School for the Deaf
Sedghill Partially Hearing Unit Ovingdean Hall, Brighton
(I.L.E.A.) 3 Portley House, Surrey (Deaf) 1
Riverview Partially Hearing
Unit (Surrey) 1
Schools for the Deaf -
Portley House (Surrey) 4
Oak Lodge (I.L.E.A.) 2