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Following a thorough two-day inspection of our children’s home, ‘Progress House’ has been graded ‘Good’ by Ofsted. The Ofsted report praises the staff and is positive about the future of our three-bed home which provides specialist 52-week residential care, 24 hours a day, for Deaf young people.Registered Care Home Manager James Heaver leads the Care […]

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 […]

College student Chloe has been working hard on her sewing projects this term.  Chloe is a talented seamstress and makes wonderful textiles. This term she has been working on key decoration techniques to help develop her already good garment conttruction skills. This should lead to an ABC qualification in Fashion and Textiles, which will help […]

We’re so proud of all the students who signed Christmas songs at Exeter Carol Service. The service was held at St James Park, and the students signed songs such as Away in a Manger, White Christmas, and Let it Go from the Disney movie ‘Frozen’. English teacher Deb led the signing, and the audience loved […]

A big thank you to Bruce from Western Tree Works, who recently delivered us a LOT of woodchips which the company generously donated to us. The students have been working hard with The Tanglewood Project, using the woodchips to create paths down to the outdoor education shelter. We now have two hard-wearing, weatherproof paths leading […]

Early in the morning on Sunday 3 December, a horde of Santas gathered in chilly Princesshay for the annual Exeter Santa Run.  Among the racing Santas were staff and students from our Academy. College students and Academy staff took part in the 5k fun run, whilst School student Sam raced in the 2k family run, […]

17 year old Declan is a FE Level 2 Deaf Academy student completing a BTEC Introduction to Vocational Studies. Declan has a special talent in visual media, and a keen interest in marketing, and asked if he could do a work placement with the Academy’s Marketing Team. Fitting his work placement around his timetable, Declan […]