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Councils poised to cut support for deaf children by £4m

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More than one in three councils in England plan to reduce support for deaf children this year, figures collected by the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) reveal.

Freedom of Information requests made by the charity found that 45 of the 122 councils that provided figures (36.9 per cent) plan to cut education support for deaf children's support by an average of 10 per cent. Together the cuts will see spending on support for deaf children cut by £4m this year.

NDCS has warned that the latest cuts follow the loss of one in 10 specialist teachers of deaf children during the past four years.

"The government urgently needs to step in and tackle this mounting funding crisis in deaf children's education," Susan Daniels, chief executive of NDCS, said. 

"By not acting, this government is putting the education of too many deaf children at risk and letting their futures hang in the balance.

"Despite councils having a legal duty to support deaf children, we are seeing the vital support that they rely on for their education torn apart.

"Deaf children are falling even further behind at school, and the government's response is nothing short of woeful complacency."

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