Maintained schools, academies, free schools, pupil referral units, non-maintained special schools, independent schools, sixth-form colleges, further education colleges all have a legal duty to provide a range of policies.

Policies that may be of particular interest with regard to Deaf children might be:

  • Special educational needs policy
  • Health and safety policy
  • Admissions policy
  • Accessibility plan

SENT TST Deaf / Hearing Impaired have available a range of documents that may be helpful

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statutory-policies-for-schools

Key documents

TitleDateSize
Policy and Protocols for Deciding Eligibility For and Provision of a Personal Radio Aid System   10/04/2014   19k
SEND TST Assessment Policy10/04/2014 25k
SEND TST Deaf Hearing Impaired Criteria for Referral10/04/2014 18k
Statutory Policies for Schools Ref DFE-00057-201410/04/2014 224k