The Royal School for Deaf Children
Welcome to The Royal School for Deaf Children Margate
The Royal School for Deaf Children Margate was established in 1792 to provide education and residential provision for deaf children. We are a non-maintained day and residential special school for children who are deaf or who have a hearing impairment or associated communication difficulties. Most of our pupils have additional educational, emotional/behavioural or medical problems.
Both the School and Westgate College, our further education provision, are situated on a large site in the centre of Margate. Our facilities include classrooms, technology centre incorporating IT, Art Design and Technology, library, hall, swimming pool, fully equipped medical centre, soft play and sensory room, specialist therapy rooms and extensive grounds and playing fields.
The Royal School for Deaf Children
At RSDCM we strive to promote the key areas of being healthy, staying safe, enjoying and achieving, making a positive contribution and achieve economic well-being. We achieve this by:
- Providing all pupils with a high quality responsive, positive, communicating, learning and interacting environment.
- Enabling all pupils to have opportunities for success.
- Expecting pupils to learn and succeed to the best of their ability.
- Emphasising and celebrating achievement.
- Involving pupils in decisions about their education and provision wherever possible.
- Individualised educational, curriculum and care plans.
- Providing a happy, sensitive and safe learning environment.
- Providing a well- taught and comprehensive extended curriculum
- Providing opportunities for pupils to learn and develop understanding, independence and responsible citizenship to the best of their ability
The Royal School for Deaf Children
Our Equal Opportunities policy is ‘for all, by all and about all’ and seeks to enhance the achievements of all pupils whatever their background. Ethnic, cultural and religious needs are taken into account in all areas of the school and in residential times. We help pupils to understand our differences and value each other’s rights to observe beliefs, customs and celebrations.
