HC Deb 31 October 1984 vol 65 cc1000-2W
Mr. Fisher

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received from (a) outside bodies, (b) schools, colleges and universities and (c) individuals on the subject of the proposals for the training of teachers for the deaf and blind.

Mr. Freud

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in the Official Report those organisations and individuals who responded to the report of the advisory committee on the supply and education of teachers, teacher training and special educational needs, and how many of these opposed the proposal to end the mandatory requirement for teachers of (a) the deaf, (b) partially-hearing and (c) the blind to hold a specialist qualification.

Mr. Dunn

[pursuant to his reply, 23 October 1984, c. 532]: By 26 October the following responses had been received from the organisations consulted formally by my right hon. Friends the Secretary of State and the Secretary of State for Wales (List A) and from 51 other organisations (List B). Additional responses have been received from around 900 individuals. Only rarely was a distinction made between teachers of the hearing impaired and teachers of the blind; it appears that a significant majority of respondents opposed the removal of the mandatory requirements.

List A

  • Association of County Councils
  • Association of metropolitan Authorities
  • Welsh Joint Education Committee
  • National Union of Teachers
  • National Association of School Masters and Union of Women Teachers
  • National Association of Head Teachers
  • Secondary Heads Association
  • Assistant Masters and Mistresses Association
  • Professional Association of Teachers
  • National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education
  • Association of Polytechnic Teachers
  • Association of University Teachers
  • Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals
  • Committee of Directors of Polytechnics
  • Association of Colleges of Further and Higher Education
  • Association of Principals of Colleges
  • Catholic Education Council
  • Church of England Board of Education
  • Methodist Education Committee
  • Welsh Office Education Department
  • Standing Committee for the Education and Training of Teachers
  • Universities Council for the Education of Teachers
  • Polytechnic Council for the Education of Teachers
  • Association of Voluntary Colleges
    • 1001
  • Society of Education Officers
  • London Board of Jewish Religious Education
  • Free Church Federal Council
  • Standing Conference of Principals and Directors of Colleges and Institutions in Higher Education
  • Independent Schools Joint Council
  • National Advisory Body for Local Authority Higher Education
  • University Grants Committee
  • Scottish Education Department
  • Department of Education for Northern Ireland
  • National Union of Students
  • National Association of Inspectors and Educational Advisers
  • Council for National Academic Awards
  • British Association for Early Childhood Education
  • OMEP (UK)
  • Association of Special Education Tutors
  • The Director of Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic
  • The Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Manchester
  • The Principal of Hertfordshire College of Higher Education
  • The Principal of Derbyshire College of Higher Education
  • The Principal of West Hill College
  • The Principal of Gwent College of Higher Education
  • British Association of Teachers of the Deaf
  • Association for all Speech Impaired Children
  • Royal National College for the Blind
  • National Deaf Children's Society
  • National Association of Remedial Education
  • National Association of Advisory Officers for Special Education
  • National Council for Special Education
  • National Organisation for Initiatives in Social Education
  • College of Preceptors
  • Ravenswood Village and Centre for Special Education
  • Dr. R. Jackson of King Alfred's College Winchester
  • National Association for the Deaf, Blind and Rubella Handicapped
  • The Committee for Steiner Special Education
  • Head of the Department of Special Education at the University of Birmingham
  • The Dyslexia Institute
  • The British Dyslexia Association
  • The Tavistock Clinic
  • The Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults
  • National Childrens Bureau
  • Department of Health and Social Security
  • Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation Special Educational Needs Advisory Council
  • The Principal of Leeds Polytechnic
  • The Principal of Crewe and Alsager College
  • The Principal of Edgehill College
  • The Principal of Humberside College of Higher Education
  • The Principal of Ripon and York St. John College
  • The Principal of Oxford Polytechnic
  • British Deaf Association
  • Association for the Education and Welfare of the Visually Handicapped
  • Royal National Institute for the Blind
  • The Elfrida Rathborne Society
  • Head of Education Department, Manchester Polytechnic Director, Bristol Polytechnic
  • Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
  • Voluntary Council for Handicapped Children
  • Association of Educational Psychologists
  • Royal National Institute for the Deaf
  • Colleges providing FE initial training
  • Regional Advisory Councils
  • F.E.U.
  • National Bureau for Handicapped Students

List B

  • Birmingham and District Deaf Children's Society (NDCS)
  • Braunstone Frith Infant School, Leicester
  • British Association of Teachers of the Deaf (North Region)
  • Broadmere Middle School, Woking (Hearing Impaired Unit)
  • Burnt Mill School, Harlow, Essex
  • Chester Branch, NDCS
  • City of Birmingham Visiting Teacher Service
  • Community Health Council for Bassetlaw, Worksop
  • Cornwall Deaf Children's Society
  • County of Avon Service for Special Educational Needs
    • 1002
  • Cove Unit for Hearing Impaired Children
  • Derbyshire Coalition of Disabled People
  • Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunication and Plumbing Union (Wythenshawe Branch)
  • Frank Barnes Primary School, London
  • Great Wakering Labour Party
  • Grove House Primary School, London
  • Haringey Disablement Association
  • Herrick Infant School, Leicester
  • Hugh Sexey Middle School, Wedmore, Somerset (Special Unit)
  • ILEA Special Education Resources Team (Vauxhall)
  • Linden Lodge School for the Visually Handicapped, London (Governors)
  • London Borough of Barnet Education Department
  • London Borough of Barnet Service for Hearing-Impaired Children
  • Mary Hare Grammar School, Newbury Berkshire
  • Meridan School, Greenwich
  • Mount School for the Deaf, Stoke-on-Trent (Parent Teacher Association)
  • National Deaf-Blind Helpers League
  • National Deaf Children's Society, Blackpool and Fylde Region
  • National Deaf Children's Society, North-West Region
  • National Deaf Children's Society, Pembrokeshire District
  • Norbury Hall County Junior School, Stockport
  • Ovingdean Hall School, Brighton
  • Pencalenick School, St. Clement, Truro
  • Royal Schools for the Deaf, Cheadle Hulme
  • Royal School for Deaf Children, Margate
  • Royal School for the Deaf, Derby
  • St. Anne's Special School, Brough, Humberside
  • St. John's Catholic School for the Deaf, Boston Spa, (Teachers)
  • St. Vincent's School for Blind and Partially Sighted Children, Liverpool
  • Salisbury Region National Deaf Children's Society.
  • School for the Partially Hearing, Birkdale
  • Sedgehill School Partially Hearing Unit, London
  • Solihull Deaf Children's Association
  • Solihull Federation for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
  • Soroptimist International of Beverley and District
  • Stockport Secondary Headteachers' Consortium
  • Thanet Support Group for Hearing Impaired Children and their Families
  • Warrington and District Society for the Deaf
  • West Midlands Advisory Council for Special Education Wiltshire County Council Peripatetic Service for the Hearing Impaired
  • Yorkshire Residential School for the Deaf, Doncaster