Schools: Hearing Impairment

Education written question – answered at on 15 June 2011.

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Photo of Nicky Morgan Nicky Morgan Conservative, Loughborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the number of deaf pupils in schools in England.

Photo of Sarah Teather Sarah Teather The Minister of State, Department for Education

The available information is shown in the following table.

This includes pupils with a hearing impairment ranging from those with a mild hearing loss to those who are profoundly deaf. It is not possible to differentiate between types of hearing impairment.

Maintained nursery, maintained primary, state-funded secondary and special schools and pupil referral units (1, 2, 3) —Number of pupils whose type o f special educational needs (SEN) is hearing impairment (4, 5, 6) —As at January 2010 in England
  Number of pupils with hearing impairment (4, 5, 6)
School Action Plus Statement of SEN Total
Primary SEN type 9,145 6,440 15,585
Secondary SEN type 1,725 1,820 3,545
Total 10,865 8,260 19,125
(1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes city technology colleges and academies. (3) Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools. Excludes general hospital schools. (4) Includes solely registered pupils. In pupil referral units, includes pupils registered with other providers and further education colleges. (5) Pupils at School Action Plus and those with a statement of SEN provided information on their primary need and, if appropriate, secondary need. (6) Includes pupils with a hearing impairment ranging from those with a mild hearing loss to those who are profoundly deaf. It is not possible to differentiate between types of hearing impairment. Notes: 1. Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5. 2. There may be discrepancies between the sum of constituent parts and their totals. Source: School Census

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