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Education resources for managers

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View our quality standards, guidance documents and other resources for education managers and decision-makers on the needs of deaf children.

Children's Hearing Services Working Groups (CHSWGs)

In 2019, NHS England and NHS Improvement published new guidance for Children’s Hearing Services Working Groups (CHSWGs). This guidance was written by us with the involvement of families from across England.

We have also developed an audit tool to help them monitor how well they are doing implementing the new guidance. Download both documents below.

NatSIP checklist for services

The National Sensory Impairment Partnership have produced a checklist for services on how they can align their work with specific requirements of legislation and government guidance.

Specialist provision for hearing impaired children within mainstream schools: advice for commissioners

This briefing sets out what needs to be considered when formulating any proposals to make changes to specialist provision for children with a hearing impairment within mainstream schools in England. This advice is intended mainly for commissioners of provision in local authorities for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Download Specialist provision for hearing impaired children within mainstream schools: advice to commissioners

Quality Standards: Early years support

These quality standards for commissioners set out how health, education and care providers in England should work together to support deaf children to achieve key outcomes by the time they start school.

Download Quality Standards: Early years support

We have also developed a self-audit tool to support evaluation and review of early years services for deaf children.

Download the self-audit tool

Quality Standards: Specialist education services

The National Sensory Impairment Partnership (NatSIP) have published quality standards for education services for children and young people with sensory impairment in England, along with a quality improvement pack to support services in meeting the new standards.

These resources can also be found on the NatSIP website.

Quality Standards: Resource provisions for deaf children and young people

This resource sets out standards for the operation of resource provisions for deaf children and young people in primary and secondary schools throughout the UK. A self-evaluation tool has also been produced to accompany this resource.

Download Quality Standards: Resource provisions for deaf children and young people (English)

Download Quality Standards: Resource provisions for deaf children and young people (Welsh)

Quality Standards for the use of personal radio aids

This resource sets out the quality standards for a common approach to the timely and appropriate provision and use of radio aids to ensure best outcomes for deaf children.

It's aimed at professionals who commission services and practitioners, including: paediatric audiologists, educational audiologists and Teachers of the Deaf, and parents interested in the use of personal radio aids.

Download Quality Standards for the Use of Personal Radio Aids

Please note that this is the introductory part of the publication. All other sections are available from the Assistive Listening Technology Working Group.

Service level agreements/specifications

We've developed a series of template model service level agreements (SLAs) and specifications for commissioners and heads of specialist education services of provision for deaf children in England:

Stepping Up: Quality Standards for Young Deaf Learners in Further Education

These quality standards have been drafted to ensure greater consistency of provision and to improve outcomes for deaf young people. They are supported by case studies and further resources.

Download Stepping Up: Quality Standards

Speech and language therapy services - resources for commissioners

Resources produced in collaboration with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.

Separately, the Royal College has worked with BATOD to produce new guidance on collaborative working.

Other education resources

We have put together a list of other education resources which have been developed by the Government or other organisations for education professionals that may be helpful for your work with deaf children.