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We are celebrating a generous donation of £6,450 toward IT equipment for our new essential service, which will support more Deaf young people and their families, thanks to The Boshier-Hinton Foundation. Cornerstone to our vision is for all Deaf young people to receive top quality education. We specialise in tailored education and care for Deaf […]

Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education has announced exciting plans to build a new world class Deaf Academy on the former Rolle College campus in Exmouth. The ground-breaking new Academy buildings will be designed with Deaf people for Deaf people and will be the international blueprint for Deaf education and residential care. The Deaf Academy’s […]

On Saturday 3 September, a dedicated team of 11 staff from Princesshay shopping centre in Exeter will be competing in the tough ‘City to Sea’ marathon and ultramarathon to raise money for us. City to Sea is a challenging 26.58 mile run or walk starting from Exeter’s historic quayside. The event, organised by Torbay Holiday […]

A free British Sign Language (BSL) outreach session was recently held in Dorset by our Family Support Project. We are the only specialist day and residential Deaf education provider in the South West. As a charity we run a school and college in a bilingual English and British Sign Language (BSL) environment for Deaf young […]

School Games have awarded us the Bronze School Games Mark 2015-16. The Mark rewards schools for their commitment to and the development of competition, school sport and physical education. This year has been a very exciting year of sport for Exeter Deaf Academy. We have been named Centre of Excellence for Deaf Rugby by England […]

We are celebrating the birth of a future star as student Molly followed up winning a national drama competition by showcasing her acting talent in a drama masterclass at the prestigious mac Birmingham over the weekend of 18/19 June. Molly is a winner of this year’s National Deaf Children’s Society’s (NDCS) ‘Raising the Bar’ competition. […]

On Wednesday 15 June Voice Off took place for the very first time – where individuals, schools, businesses, clubs and groups were asked to switch their voice off and find other ways to communicate instead. Alternative methods encouraged were to Sign it, Write it, Draw it, Act it or Text it. For a first year […]

Our English teacher, Deb Thomas is one of the top six teachers in the UK in line to win a Pearson Teaching Award for 2016 Teacher of Year. Deb has won the Silver Award for Excellence in Special Needs Teaching 2016 and will now go on to compete as a finalist for Teacher of the […]

190 years ago, our charity founder, Mrs Hippisley Tuckfield wrote to the Gentleman of the County (Devon) persuading them that there was a great need for an education provision for deaf children in the region. She wrote: “This school could happily become the foundation of a great and lasting benefit to a most interesting class […]