Signature created The School of Signs. We are a national charity and the leading awarding body for deaf communication and language qualifications in the UK.

Since Signature became an independent organisation in 1982 to promote and teach British Sign Language (BSL), we have supported more than 600,000 people to learn BSL. We have also had thousands of other learners who have completed other deaf communication and sign language courses.

Watch the video below to meet our chair John Walker, who explains why we created The School of Signs and decided to offer it for free to all British schools. You can also meet our fantastic partners at RAD, ITV and 2Simple explaining their involvement in the project.