The council was originally going to reduce the number of specialist teachers for the 200 deaf children in the authority from six to three, as part of £187,000 worth of cuts to the special needs service.
NDCS had applied to the High Court for a judicial review into the cuts, which were due to come into effect at the beginning of this month. Last month, the High Court temporarily stopped the council from imposing any changes to the service, while it considered whether to give the go-ahead to a judicial review.
Stoke-on-Trent has now said it wishes to avoid a legal challenge and understands the arguments put forward by NDCS, and has therefore decided to retain four specialist teaching posts.
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