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Petition update, 18 February 2008

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Frank Barnes School is the only Sign Bilingual School for Deaf children in London. The curriculum is delivered directly through British Sign Language (BSL), a British minority language officially recognised by this government in March 2003. There is no other school in London that provides Deaf children with the same high quality of teaching through sign language, taught by both Deaf and hearing staff. Because BSL is their first language, a bilingual education ensures that Deaf children have full access to the curriculum and that they develop as confident individuals with a positive Deaf identity. The future of Frank Barnes School is now under serious threat as Camden Council have made plans to demolish the building to make way for an Academy before securing a suitable site for Frank Barnes to move to. Camden Council’s preferred option for Frank Barnes is to send the children to a school in Haringey. This would fail our Deaf children, as it would not meet their needs. We ask the Prime Minister for a guarantee that Frank Barnes School will be rebuilt and allowed to continue to provide the high standard of bilingual education for Deaf children now and in the future.

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• Louise Wilson
• Tom Treanor
• Mark L C Kelly
• Tahira Hameed
• dawn o'driscoll
• Joan Dunbar
• Nicola Farr
• Wendy Dovey
• Julia Hussey
• Sharon Homan
• maliha korotana
• Simon Bargeman
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• Debbie Yates
• Christine Bartleman
• tracy storey
• Caroline Fahey
• Jannicke Halvorsen
• kay bestley
• Humayun Rashid
• Maire Partridge
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• julia
• Penelope Beschizza
• Beryl Lywood
• lizl lambourn
• Olu Adegboyega
• Fiona Allen
• Matthew Allen
• Joanne Boyce
• Kim Sandy
• Brian Collins
• David Webb
• Emma Togwell
• Dawn Davey
• Padraic Finn
• simon howard
• Anne King
• robin pailthorpe
• Temi
• Mark Miller
• brian varney
• D.W.Pearce
• lynn roberts
• Nick Beese
• faith mcgrath
• Richard and Jane Cole
• Martin Muriuki
• Abim James
• Nicola
• Michael Sheridan
• John Burton
• Elizabeth Burton
• Roger Wilson-Hinds
• Ruth Lingard
• Diye Wariebi
• david gurman
• Hoang Phan
• Emma Starr
• Graham Hopkins
• Emily Wright
• Michael A Coughlin
• Louise Fenemore
• Martin Wigg
• Frank McClintock
• Ian Gurman
• Hilton Green
• peter mulvaney
• John & Margaret Payne
• Pippa McLaughlan
• Linda Wilsmore
• corneilius crowley
• Duncan Stickley
• David Jackson
• Roger Tuson
• sue ziebland
• Wendy Shooter
• Tim Borer
• Samantha Gurman
• Simon Fouracres
• Heidi Bailey
• Keith Roissetter
• Clive Truby
• Zoe Curtis
• Sue Godfrey
• Ivan Godfrey
• Rod Young
• Michele Hatcher
• Suzanne Elkin
• David Elkin
• Katie Bagnall
• david dixon
• Andy Stem
• Daniel Mark Sager
• Elaine Nevin
• Steven Bird
• Daphne Muir
• Tony Gurney
• Emily Senior
• Anne Lincoln
• Richard Andersen
• Danielle Roebuck
• Joan McHardy
• Valentina Cavallini
• Dave Ingham
• Anthony Longbourne
• Debra Wakeman
• Sue Punter
• helene ryles
• Alison Garraway
• Madeleine Young
• sally borer
• Lucy Wilson
• sherryl russell
• Gaie Delap
• Charlene Kelly
• kirsty burfot
• Cheryl Good
• Katrina Whiting
• Lou Noble
• Bryan Trimmer
• Janet Cumming
• Mary Yvonne Lewis
• Alison Thomas
• Fliss Barton
• Rosemarie Longoburne
• Les Carter
• Jacky Appleton
• Helen Saunders
• Leah Jessep
• Elizabeth Martin
• Ann Butters
• Jo Reveley
• trish head
• Amanda Pugh
• Vivienne McLean
• John Elliott
• emma lynaugh
• Valerie and Maurice Moeri
• Maureen Spry
• Wendy Hearn
• Carmen Burton
• Ann&Michael Hollingsmith
• Babs Odeneye
• sandra collins
• Ruth Twitchen
• Jane Pendleton
• KE Foundation, Deaf-Aware Projects
• Julius Fayose
• Lak Verik
• Stephanie Verik
• Robert Peck
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• gail rowe
• angie shipman
• tony warner
• Thomas Howard
• David Last
• Linda Day
• Albert Ball
• Joyce Ball
• Cherry Day
• Liz Lawrence
• Ian Berry
• Bad enough to BE deaf without having your schooling disrupted (and prob made less suitable)
• Jano Williams
• Ian Field
• Lesley Chan
• Roy Tomlin
• Fiona Morgan
• Becky Riley
• Elaine Murray-Bell
• Lydia Howarth
• Mike Barton
• jason
• Alison Sedon
• Sandra Dacres-Smith
• Sally Robinson
• Yasmeen Gulamani
• Christina Goss
• Ben Mango
• Nick Lamond
• HARRY TAY-AGBOZO
• Paulette Mitchell
• David Pitchford
• Sannah Gulamani
• Mr Stewart
• Ross Carbutt
• David Golan
• Yahya Diler
• Caroline Day
• Sheila Amrouche
• Sean Thompson
• Paul Packham
• Sally Thompson
• Adrian Cousins
• Matthew Raine
• Marie Xenos
• Roger Fabri
• Dr Christopher Erswell
• Zakariyya Diler
• Ian Birchall
• Shirley Franklin
• Terry James
• satpal johal
• Marie Day
• Matt Grove
• Brian James
• Ray Shimura
• K J Sales
• Richard Cooper
• Richard Thompson
• James Devaney
• Teresa Devaney
• Mark Pringle
• Chris Green
• Belin
• ben thomas
• Nicholas Parish
• Yvonne Parish
• Kirit Shah
• S Blackwell
• Grant Harper
• Farah Hussain
• Paul Elliott
• Ade Ola
• Andrew Valentine
• Lee Markham
• Caoimhin Browne
• Thomas Fautley
• David Levey
• Janice and Paul Kenward
• Robbie Almond
• marvellous
• Dave Cawthorne
• Rob Eccleston
• Simon Paulton
• Alexander Pole
• paul lawton
• Mark Smith
• thomas badham
• Sabah Sheikh
• Gary Barnett
• Philip Moon
• Simon Frost
• Paul Hackett
• Tom Sullivan
• Ben Woolley
• Tony Dowling
• Michael Judge
• Malcolm Law
• Jeff McWhinney
• Feyzi Ismail
• Carol Stephens
• cathy broadbridge
• Angela Shann.
• Simon Floodgate
• Adrian Bascombe
• Alan Rae
• tracy evans
• Marieta Alexis
• Beverley Omokoh
• Daphnos Economou
• Roger Huddle
• James Nowlan
• Ian Wallace
• Faith Kenrick
• Martin Dunsmore
• Aisha
• Roger Keely
• Sandra Pascall
• Sarah Cox
• Tomasz Duda
• Oj Cheng
• John Macey
• Michael O'Grady
• Clive Dixon
• Jonathan Mark Farthing
• Jane Stewart
• Robert Jackson
• Rebecca Townesend
• Sally Clementson
• Matthew Jones
• Danny O'Brien
• marc willers
• emma mcccreight
• Jason Housden
• Alistair Roberts
• Steve Martin
• Simon Rickwood
• Mark Schofield
• karen bascombe
• theresa p[eters
• Fred Farthing
• steve admans
• Hannah Levey
• Sonia Jehaan
• Shakila Alom
• Diana Scott
• claudia campbell
• Suzanne Heap
• Lina Nicolli
• Rosemarie Wilson
• Winston Nugara
• m nolan
• Gemma Stonier
• Caroline Gill
• Judith McCready
• Sherrl Yanowitz-Rogall
• Neil Rogall
• krista Levey
• Wim Witting
• Tina Sinclair
• Dave Evemy
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• Tessa Smith
• Catriona Smith
• Graham Smith
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• Suni Bibi
• Judith Hutchinson
• R Cox
• Mariella Reina
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