Steve Brine has welcomed news that a long-running campaign organised by the National Deaf Children’s Society has finally found some success.
For many months, the society has been lobbying the government to take action to improve acoustics in new schools in England- effectively to enforce its own rules.
Earlier this month, October 16, the Department for Children, Schools and Families announced acoustic testing will be a contractual requirement for all new secondary schools, and local authorities will not receive funding for future schools unless they can prove that schools recently built have also passed an acoustic test.
Steve Brine said: “This is great news. The NDCS works really hard to break down barriers faced by deaf children across Britain. Ensuring deaf children can listen and learn effectively in new schools is surely a basic responsibility of government. I welcome the fact that while this announcement does not currently apply to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, the NDCS will continue to campaign for deaf children and young people all over the country, and I give them my wholehearted support.”
For more information visit www.ndcs.org.uk