Lower Meadow Primary Academy Astrea Academy Trust
Lower Meadow Primary Academy is fortunate to have an Integrated Resource for Deaf & Hearing Impaired children.
Although there are other Integrated Resources for hearing impaired children in Sheffield, Lower Meadow hosts the only Integrated Resource for primary aged profoundly deaf signing children. Many of the deaf children that attend Lower Meadow use British Sign Language/Sign Supported English to communicate and are in receipt of a Statement for Special Educational Needs.
The deaf children at Lower Meadow are members of a mainstream class and learn alongside hearing children. For some lessons the deaf children learn in the IR where they are taught by teachers who are qualified Teachers of the Deaf or specialist support assistants.
Mainstream staff and staff based in the Integrated Resource, work as a team to ensure that all pupils in school benefit from hosting the specialist Integrated Resource for Deaf & Hearing Impaired Children.
Linette France
Teacher of The Deaf