Communication support service
The centre is based at Kingsley Primary School.
What is the Primary Hearing Centre?
The Primary Hearing Centre is part of Croydon's Communication Support Service (CSS) which incorporates hearing, vision, speech and language services.
The centre is based in Kingsley School and caters for hearing impaired children of nursery and primary school age. Children attending the centre receive a level of small group and individual specialist teaching and communication support that is greater than would be possible in their local mainstream school.
How does the centre work?
As members of the mainstream school, pupils play a full part in school life. They work in their mainstream classes whenever possible, with specialist support.
For part of each day the children are taken to the centre's classrooms for individual or small group work.
Specialist teachers of the deaf and support staff help the children to access the national curriculum and develop speaking and listening skills, with sign-supported English as necessary.
What does the centre provide?
- access to the national curriculum through supported mainstream teaching
- individual or small group-differentiated teaching
- sign language support for children who require it
- audiological equipment, support and close liaison with audiology clinics
- skill and experience in the management of children with cochlear implants
- close links with parents and support groups
- specialist programmes to develop the pupils' listening skills and emotional literacy.
"Pupils from the Primary Hearing Centre are integrated into school life extremely effectively and make as good progress as their peers." Ofsted March 2007
How are children referred to the centre?
The children are identified by statutory assessment. If they require the type of support the centre offers their entry into the Primary Hearing Centre is coordinated between the CSS, the local authority's Special Needs Section and the head teacher of Kingsley School.
Who brings the children to the centre?
Parents are encouraged to transport their children to and from school where possible. The LEA Transport Policy sets out arrangements that can be made to help families living at a distance. The policy is available on request from the centre or the local authority's SEN department.
The service staff work within the child protection policies of the local authority.
Contact Details
- Contact name
- Cindy Paulding
- Telephone
- 020 8689 9038
- Fax
- 020 8689 9038
- cindy.paulding@croydon.gov.uk
- Address
- Kingsley Primary School
Thomson Crescent
Croydon
Surrey
CR0 3JT
- Contact name
- Jennifer Kidd
- Job title
- Head of Communication Support Service
- Telephone
- 020 8683 4849
- Fax
- 020 8683 4922
- jennifer.kidd@croydon.gov.uk
- Address
- BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology
The Crescent
Croydon
CR0 2HN
- Contact name
- National Deaf Children's Society
- Telephone
- 020 7490 8656
- Minicom
- 020 7251 5020
- ndcs@ndcs.org.uk
- Address
- National Office
15 Dufferin Street
London EC1 8UR - Website
- www.ndcs.org.uk
