ATV Today: 22.01.1970: Deaf Blind School

Summary

Alan Jones report on the teaching of deaf and blind children in the Pathways unit at Condover Hall near Shrewsbury.

Year:

1970

Duration:

0:12:11

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

We see exterior shots of the school. Inside the children take part in lessons including music therapy and art classes and a boy makes cheese on toast in a cookery lesson. We also see the children playing outside. Alan Jones interviews the headmaster (Mr Myers?) about how the children arrive and are assessed. He also talks to teachers Miss Entwistle (?) who is deaf blind herself and another teacher who is likely to be Miss Joan Shields (she is referred to by the headmaster).


Credits

No credits specified


Notes

The school which was operated by the RNIB closed in 2005. Further education places for adults were provided until 2009 and parts of the building were also run by the Priory Group from 2005 until 2009 as 'Condover Horizon', a school for children with autism.