About Oxford BSL
We are passionate about equal access and inclusion for everyone. When owner Suzi developed a hearing loss, she had plenty of moments out and about where she was been frustrated at the lack of basic awareness about how to communicate effectively with someone with a hearing loss. This led to her offering services for businesses to raise the profile of hearing loss, training staff to be more aware and help companies become more accessible.
Since 2024, Suzi has offered Signature-accredited British Sign Language (BSL) classes in Oxfordshire, whilst in the same year, Alice and Hannah started offering introductory courses as Simply Sign BSL. As former Deaf education professionals, we have found that you can take us out of the classroom but our passion for teaching continues on!
In September 2025, Suzi, Alice and Hannah joined forces to offer more accredited courses to spread the passion for BSL across the county and beyond.
Suzi Sentance
TSLI MA PGDip PGCE BA(Hons)
Owner of Oxford BSL
Trainee Interpreter
BSL Teacher
Accessibility Consultant
Deaf Awareness Trainer
I began to lose my hearing in 2014. I now have a moderate-severe loss and wear two hearing aids. It was a good excuse to start to learn BSL: I'd always been interested in the language since learning how to fingerspell when I was 8 years old! I am currently finishing my Level 6 qualification and started work as a Trainee Sign Language Interpreter in October 2025.
I spent ten years working as a mainstream primary teacher, in Greenwich and Oxford, before gaining my Qualified Teacher of Deaf Children and Young People (QToD) qualification and starting work as a QToD for Oxfordshire County Council in 2019. I left the profession in 2025 to focus on Oxford BSL and my interpreter studies.
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I'm very active in my local Deaf community, joining almost every week for coffee mornings and social evenings. It gives me the opportunity to sign with native BSL users regularly and be involved. I'm a fierce advocate for myself and my friends which is where my whole business has come from: teaching more people to sign and also educating as many people as possible about how to be inclusive and accessible for those of us with hearing loss!
New teacher bios coming soon!