- Written by: Lindsey Rousseau
CRIDE 2025 reports are now available
The CRIDE 2025 reports are now on the NDCS website and BATOD website. The UK-wide summary will be added to these pages this week, and the reference document will also be updated.
- Written by: Ian Noon
A preview version of the 2026 CRIDE survey was disseminated to heads of specialist education services for deaf children last week. If you should have and did not receive this, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. so that we can check we have the right email address for your service.
The preview version of the survey is intended to help any services that find it helpful to review the questions that will appear in the next survey. For example, some services have told us that advance notice of the survey helps them to ‘set up’ their databases in advance.
Otherwise, no action is needed at this time. Please wait until we email you the final survey in February before completing the survey.
- Written by: Lindsey Rousseau
The NDCS Summary of survey results about resource provisions for deaf children - 2024 has been published on the NDCS website
- Written by: Lindsey Rousseau
Deaf children and people with experience of childhood deafness from across the UK have come together to highlight what matters most to children affected by deafness and hearing loss, as part of a project funded by the National Deaf Children’s Society and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
On September 18th they published the two Top 10 research priority lists in Childhood Deafness and Hearing Loss! You can find the official press release from NDCS here: https://www.ndcs.org.uk/about-us/news-and-media/deaf-children-share-insights-what-researchers-should-study-next [ndcs.org.uk]
Alongside sharing the results, they have also announced the launch of the exciting legacy group Childhood Deafness Research Network, which will bring people together to address the research priorities on childhood deafness that were identified. Here are the links to the network and the two lists of Top 10 priorities:
https://childdeafnessresearch.co.uk/
https://childdeafnessresearch.co.uk/top-10-priorities-ranked-by-adults/
https://childdeafnessresearch.co.uk/top-10-priorities-ranked-by-children/
- Written by: Lindsey Rousseau
What is CRIDE?
CRIDE brings together a range of people from different backgrounds who all have a common interest in using data to improve provision for deaf children. The Committee receives no funding for its work, and its members give their time voluntarily.
Almost half of the members have a background as, either a current or former head of a specialist education service for deaf children. These members play an important role in advising on whether the questions are appropriate and reasonable for other services to answer.
The remainder are academics, heads of special schools, consultants and representatives from the British Association of Teachers of Deaf Children and Young People (BATOD) and the National Deaf Children’s Society.
In Scotland, a separate working group leads on the CRIDE Scotland survey with links to the UK-wide group, so that the surveys are parallel.
The survey has now run uninterrupted since 2011. It was created as a successor to the surveys run then by BATOD. Paul Simpson, as their National Executive Officer, played a leading role in establishing CRIDE and we are grateful for the legacy he has left us.
- Written by: Lindsey Rousseau
The CRIDE 2022 England report is now on the BATOD website at https://www.batod.org.uk/information/cride-reports/ and on the NDCS website https://www.ndcs.org.uk/cride
- Written by: Lindsey Rousseau
The CRIDE 2022 England report is now on the BATOD website at https://www.batod.org.uk/information/cride-reports/ and on the NDCS website https://www.ndcs.org.uk/cride
- Written by: Lindsey Rousseau
The CRIDE 2020 reports for England and Wales on education support for deaf children have just been published. These and previous reports can be downloaded from the National Deaf Children’s Society website at: www.ndcs.org.uk/CRIDE or from the BATOD website at: https://www.batod.org.uk/information/cride-reports/
As expected, given the events of the past year, the 2020 reports don’t have the same range of data as in previous years. However, there is still lots of useful and valuable data in there and we remain very grateful for everyone’s support of CRIDE.
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