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This school for the deaf is dedicated to St. John of Beverley who is recorded to have taught a deaf boy to speak unaided by a miracle. The school was founded in Sheffield by a Belgian priest, Monsignor de Haerne and it was the first school in England dedicated to the education of deaf children. St. John's Catholic school for the deaf, or St. John's Institute as it was then known, moved to this building, the former Boston Spa College, in July 1875. Eleven acres of land was purchased also, for the building of of workshops, playgrounds and future extensions. A girls wing was added on and opened in March 1881 and it wasn't until 1952 that the school was organised into mixed classes. Nowadays, St. John's caters for pupils aged between 3 and 19 both on a daily and residential basis. It is an oral school with a strong tradition in the development in spoken language and firm belief that every hearing impaired child can aquire oral skills. The work of St. John's has been recognised with an Investors' in People Award and Beacon Status. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | St. John's Catholic School for the Deaf Church Street | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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