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 special school with Registered Children's Home for young people who are d/Deaf or who have a hearing impairment or associated communication difficulties. Most of our young people have additional educational, emotional, behavioural or medical problems.
The School, 6th Form 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, fully equipped medical centre, soft play and sensory room, sensory garden, specialist therapy rooms and extensive grounds and playing fields. Our new Hydrotherapy Pool, Disability Gym and cafe will be opened in 2014.
Latest News
Improving our understanding of the neurodevelopmental disorders caused by CHARGE syndrome could open the way for new treatments.
Posted on Wednesday 6 April 2022
CHARGE syndrome, which affects approximately one in 10,000 newborns worldwide, is associated with neurological and behavioural conditions like intellectual disability, attention deficit disorder, conv…
Tyrese Dibba stars in animated class
Posted on Tuesday 22 March 2022
A teenager who helped thousands of people learn British Sign Language (BSL) during the first Covid-19 lockdown is being turned into an animated character in new lessons.
A Walk for Charge
Posted on Tuesday 11 January 2022
Taidgh Hughes with family and friends will be making an epic walk along the Jurassic coast in memory of his son that passed away having been diagnosed with CHARGE Syndrome which is a rare genetic dise…
Behaviour In Charge Syndrome Online Questionnaire Study
Posted on Tuesday 8 December 2020
Study looking at a range of behaviours, skills and impairments in CHARGE syndrome.