The Royal Blind School has a long and distinguished history of meeting the needs of children and young people with visual impairment. Its grant-aided status underlines its continuing position as part of the core national fabric of education and care provision for pupils with visual impairments.

The school provides high standards of education and care for our pupils at all times. We want our children and young people to have a range of opportunities and experiences which will enable them to become successful learners, responsible citizens, confident individuals and effective contributors to society. Achieving this demands genuine academic opportunity and choice - with a curriculum geared to give all our pupils what their individual needs require in a safe, yet challenging, environment.

By providing a diverse curriculum and range of activities focused on attainment and achievement we help our children and young people develop skills which equip them for life in a fast-changing society. The teaching philosophy employed at the school is based on the understanding that low vision creates unique educational needs. Vision is the primary sense for learning and consequently the sense on which most traditional educational programmes are based. Loss of vision requires the development and use of imaginative and varied teaching approaches. In addition, it also demands that pupils receive an additional essential curriculum. This includes tuition in orientation and mobility, Braille, assistive technology and independent living skills.

The Royal Blind School offers a unique and specialist service at a national level in relation to the needs of children and young people with visual impairment. We want to continue to meet the needs of the children that attend the school and with your help we can build a new school with better facilities.  For more information, visit our Royal Blind School Appeal site and help us improve these young people's lives.

We aim to:

• Create a caring and positive environment in which all pupils and all staff are valued, and know they are valued as individuals and for their contribution to the life of the school.
• Offer a broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum that enables all pupils to fulfil their potential intellectually emotionally, spiritually, physically and socially.
• Develop all pupils as individuals so that they can become as independent as their ability will allow.
• Prepare all pupils so that they are able to contribute positively to the community to which they belong.
• Work closely with parents and outside agencies for the benefit of all pupils.
• Create an ethos whereby the school is recognised as an integral part of the local community.
• Develop the school as a local and national resource for pupils, parents and professionals.