180 mile round trip to school - just because you're deaf

A shocking story appeared in the Mirror yesterday which gave an example of the lengths some deaf children need to go to, to get an education.

Michaela Mowat, 11, from Kendal has been forced to travel from Cumbria to school in Boston Spa near Leeds where she will stay from Monday to Friday. And the reason why? Acoustics in the classroom are so poor at the school in Kendal that Michaela's hearing aids are useless for hearing what the teacher is saying.

Michaela will now see less of her friends and family potentially compounding the child's sense of isolation.

In Kendal being deaf and going to a local school is just too difficult to get sorted.

The Mirror picks up the story...