A deaf pupil with a specialist teacher. In some areas, there is just one specialist teacher for every 100 students. Photograph: Brian Mitchell / Alamy/Alamy
A report by the Consortium for Research into Deaf Education says the number of teachers of the deaf has been cut by 14% in the past seven years, at the same time as a 31% increase in the number of children requiring support.
In some areas the situation is so critical there is just one specialist teacher for every 100 students. Without intervention, researchers say the crisis is likely to worsen, with many existing staff close to retirement.
Source : Guardian