A TEACHER has got through to the final of a national competition.

Carol Cook works for the Adult Community College in Rocheway, Rochford, teaching sign language.

She has come through the regional heat of the Signature Annual Awards scheme, which promotes excellence in communication with deaf and blind people.

The judges at the charity were impressed by her commitment to her students.

Ms Cook and her family will now be invited to attend the awards ceremony in London, where she will be up against nine other candidates from across the UK to be crowned Signature’s Teacher of the Year 2010.