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Main Academy telephone number – technical difficulty
Thursday 2 February 2012 - Please note that the Academy's main telephone number (01392 267023) is currently unavailable due to technical difficulties. In the meantime please use the a...Read More
02 Feb 2012Industrial Action Wednesday 30 November 2011
The combined teacher and school leadership trade unions will be taking industrial action on Wednesday 30 November. The action (a one day strike) will result in class or whole school closure...Read More
28 Nov 2011Facebook and Twitter
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06 Sep 2011Communication between foreign students – no problem!
On 11 May 2011 26 students and 5 teachers from Pfalzinstitut in Frankenthal, Germany visited Exeter Deaf Academy. For the two years leading up to the visit German and English students ...Read More
16 Aug 2011GCSE in BSL
Signature is developing a GCSE in British Sign Language (BSL) to be piloted in late 2012 and is looking for evidence of support and demand. BSL is the first language of an estimated 70...Read More
18 May 2011Launch of ’Signs of the Times’ project and exhibition
The Academy has received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund for a project to record the life histories of former pupils and these life histories have been turned into an exhibi...Read More
16 Aug 2011Funding for a place at an independent specialist college
The Association of National Specalist Colleges (Natspec) have updated their website with regard to applying for funding for a place at an independent specialist college (ISC) ...Read More
29 Mar 2011Links with students in Germany
A link for college students at the Academy has been made with a school and college for deaf and hearing-impaired students in Germany. The students, at the Pfalzinstitut Für Hö...Read More
26 Jan 2011Parent of deaf child organises fundraising concert for Deaf Academy
Kathy Kenny, whose daughter attends the Deaf Academy in Exeter, is organising a fundraising concert for the Academy. The concert will feature classical romantic pieces and Kathy herself will...Read More
19 Jan 2011Children’s Hearing Services Working Groups (CHSWGs)
The National Deaf Children’s Society put parents at the centre of developing family friendly services by supporting them to be representatives on local Children's Hearing Services Wor...Read More
16 Aug 2011Family Sign Language course – residential weekend
Are you the parent of a deaf child aged 0-5? Are you interested in learning sign language as a family? The Academy, in partnership with the National Deaf Childrens Society (NDCS) ...Read More
16 Aug 2011Academy to record life histories of former students
The life stories of past Academy students are to be preserved thanks to a grant of over £40,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The Academy will record the life histories of form...Read More
16 Sep 2010Cued Speech in song
The Academy has been working on a year long project to produce filmed English language resources for its students. Part of the project involved filming a song in Cued Speech. Cued Spe...Read More
02 Jul 2010New Family Sign Language website
The National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) have launched a Family Sign Language website. The purpose of the website is to help families of deaf children to learn British Sign Languag...Read More
22 Mar 2010Employment Vacancies
For details of current vacancies at the Academy please see the Staff page in the Supporting the Academy section - click here...Read More
22 Mar 2010BBC See Hear feature on the Academy
The Academy has been featured on the BBC See Hear programme which was broadcast on 17 March. The programme includes information on the history of the Academy a...Read More
16 Aug 2011Academy Redevelopment – Community Exhibition
The Academy has plans to redevelop on the former St Nicholas' school site adjacent to St Leonard's Primary School and held a community consultation exhibition on 21 January 2010. Thi...Read More
03 Feb 2010Academy eNewsletter
The fifth edition of the Academy eNewletter is available here ...Read More
18 Dec 2009