elmfield school for deaf children
Elmfield School for Deaf Children is a very special place. Our school is
dedicated to promoting high achievement and learning for life. Our children and
young people are immersed in a rich language community to thrive socially and in
their learning. Central to our school is the use of bilingualism as our approach
to teaching Deaf children which combines both British Sign Language (BSL), the
language of the Deaf community, and English, the language of the hearing
community. We value these languages equally and want our children to become
equally fluent in both. Through assisting our children in becoming bilingual the
aim is that they are comfortable in both deaf and hearing communities.