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Protest falls on deaf ears as council adamant about changes to services for deaf children
Herald Express
|June 04, 2025
THE noisiest protest heard in Torquay town centre for years greeted councillors arriving to make a decision on crucial services to deaf children.
Whistles blew, drums beat and passing drivers blew their car horns as members of a Torbay Council scrutiny board arrived at the town hall to debate the future of two specialist units at Torquay schools.
Parents urged them to think again over the plan to shut the units at St Margaret's Primary School and the Spires Academy.
They had a petition with more than 1,600 signatures to back their case. But the council stuck to its guns.
It says it is merely a change in the way the services are funded, and delivery will remain largely the same, with children being given individual attention in mainstream schools.
This story is from the June 04, 2025 edition of Herald Express.
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