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Tuesday 7 February is Safer Internet Day, a day that is very important to Exeter Deaf Academy and our students. Safer Internet Day is organised by the UK Safer Internet Centre and is celebrated every year across the world. Our School students are participating alongside hundreds of other schools across the UK and they will […]

December has been filled with Christmas cheer at the Deaf Academy with a multitude of festive events taking place culminating in the much anticipated the “Academy’s Got Talent” Christmas play on the last day of term. The festivities started early on 17 November where Primary and Year 7 went to the local Princesshay shopping centre […]

A trained hearing dog will be visiting us regularly as part of a programme to support Deaf children with reading. Niven, from the charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People will be attending weekly with his custodian Pauline. The idea is that Niven will provide a calming influence by observing Year 7 whilst they read in […]

This term Secondary have been improving their cycling safety and proficiency by completing the Level 1 and Level 2 Bikeability courses. The two courses give young people the skills and knowledge to cycle safely with Level 2 teaching how to remain safe on today’s roads. Bikebailty is the national standard for cycling training run by […]

A project to help re-engage students with education has been boosted thanks to a generous donation from a supporter. The Hub supports students who may find it difficult to engage with education in a traditional classroom setting. The Academy’s Positive Engagement Team, who run The Hub, follow a methodology which is centred around giving more […]

William Risdale has a severe bi-lateral sensori-neural hearing loss and joined us as a school student in 2008. He was due to move to Exeter Deaf Academy’s college in 2013, however suffered a significant period of ill health and major surgery, but after his recovery he soon returned to full time further education. He came […]

This year our School Council were in charge of organising Children in Need. They decided they would raise money by asking staff and students to wear their pyjamas all day and also take part in a sponsored walk around Exeter’s historic Quayside to get members of the public involved too. Of course it wouldn’t be […]

Exeter Deaf Academy is lucky to have a dedicated outdoor classroom. Our Forest School tepee was built by our students in 2014. Our students take part in forest school at least once a week and the sessions cover a range of areas: self-esteem and confidence, working co-operatively, motivation, team work, and teaches knowledge about the […]

As part of the OCR unit ‘Accessing Community Facilities’, College’s CN class discussed important events and they recognised that there was a poppy shop in Exeter city centre. The group planned a visit to the shop as well as visiting Exeter Cathedral to observe the two-minute silence to remember those who had fallen in war. […]