Tapton Mount School

Tapton Mount School
Tapton Mount School
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Former names	Sheffield School for Blind Children; Sheffield School for the Blind;
Established	1879
Closed	1997

Former names

Sheffield School for Blind Children
Sheffield School for the Blind

Established1879

Closed1997

Tapton Mount School, formerly Sheffield School for Blind Children, formerly Sheffield School for the Blind was a school for the visually impaired situated at 20 Manchester Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. It opened in 1879 at a cost of £15,000.^[1]^[2] In the 1960s and 1970s, the headmaster Frederick Tooze pioneered the integration of students into local comprehensive schools.^[3] It closed in 1997 after the pupil roll fell to twelve.

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