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We’re incredibly proud of all our students for their performances at our recent Exeter Phoenix show. Together with PaddleBoat Theatre Company, they have been working on a secret play over the past week, which staff and parents were finally able to watch this afternoon! The play was fully acted in BSL by our students, and interpreted […]

On 6 February some of our School students were up bright and early to travel up to Derby’s Powerleague Soccerdrome for the National Deaf Schools 5-a-side competition. Our boys team (Alex, Matthew, Jonathan and Tom) made the semi-finals playing as a 4-a-side team, and Alex was the highest goal scorer of the competition with 6 […]

During the first weekend of February the National Deaf Children’s Society welcomed the new Young People’s Advisory Board to their first residential weekend. The aim of the board is to empower Deaf young people to influence and challenge for change. Our secondary school student Molly is part of the group and travelled up to London to spend […]

On Wednesday 7 February, Carmen Croxall from The Prop Factory came to deliver a talk to our students. The Prop Factory is an Exeter-based prop hire company, which designs and makes its own props and then rents them out for a range of uses, from weddings to film sets. Carmen came to talk to School and College students […]

On 27-28 January we hosted our first Family Sign Weekend of 2018. These sessions are a fantastic opportunity for families, friends and professionals to learn about communicating with Deaf children. The weekend was run by Deaf BSL teacher Nikki, along with School teacher Karma. Nikki and Karma taught the group essential communication tools, tips and […]

On Tuesday 30th January we held our second PSHE day of the academic year! PHSE stands for Personal, Social and Health Education and we hold termly PSHE days which forms part of the students’ curriculum. The focus of this term’s PSHE Day was to help students develop new skills in managing their own mental health. By […]

Last term, we told you about 17-year-old Declan, a GFE student who joined our marketing team on work experience. He created, filmed and edited a short film for social media in British Sign Language (BSL) to share a little insight into College Life at the Academy. Marketing Manager Helen said: ‘We are very proud of […]

A big congratulations to School student Molly who has been selected as a member of the National Deaf Children’s Society’s Youth Advisory Board! Several of our students applied to join the board, and we’re extremely proud of all of them. Molly was chosen from a group of 60 young people to sit on the board, […]

On 11 December College students Tom and William ventured forth onto Dartmoor with their Exeter College Outdoor Adventure class. Tom and William are currently studying map reading on their course. Their task was to plot grid references and prepare for a walk around Postbridge. Once on the moor, Exeter College teacher Tom Howe took the cold […]