A report released this week by the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) shows that deaf children are falling even further behind their hearing peers in school than previously thought. Figures show that 30.6% of deaf children achieve a grade 5 or above (strong C) in English and maths as compared with almost half (48.3%) of non-SEN children, and less than half of deaf children receive a 4 or above in both subjects as compared to almost three-quarters of other children. In addition, over twice as many (57%) fail to meet expected levels in reading, writing and maths by the end of primary school than their non-SEN peers. The NDCS analysis suggests that it will take ‘21 years for deaf children to catch up, resulting in an entire generation of deaf children underachieving’. And it is not just in schools that these inequalities are being seen. Deaf children are only half as likely to attend Russell group universities as their hearing peers…..For the full blog please see the Cost of Living Blogsite.
