1.1 This Accessibility Plan (Plan) has been drawn up in consultation with the Operations Manager and SENCO of the Academy and covers the period from September 2025 to September 2028. The plan is available in large print or other accessible format if required.
1.2 The plan takes account of the Academy’s public sector equality duty set out in section 149 of the Equality Act 2010.
1.3 We are committed to providing an environment which values and includes all pupils, staff, parents and visitors regardless of their educational, physical, sensory, social, spiritual, emotional and cultural needs. We are further committed to challenging attitudes about disability and accessibility and to developing a culture of awareness, tolerance and inclusion.
2.1 The Academy’s layout and facilities
2.1.1 The Academy is committed to making reasonable adjustments to allow disabled pupils to access educational provision at the Academy. The Academy 2 floors with a lift to the first floor. The academy has outside spaces which are fully accessible and has disabled toilets and changing facilities.
2.1.2 We plan, over time, to increase the accessibility of provision for all pupils, staff and visitors to the Academy in the following areas:
2.1.3 Attached are three action plans relating to the above. These will be reviewed as and when necessary. It is acknowledged that there will be need for ongoing awareness training for all staff in the matter of disability discrimination and the potential need to inform attitudes on this matter.
2.1.4 The Accessibility Plan should be read in conjunction with the following policies, strategies and documents:
2.1.5 The Plan will be monitored through the academy council. There will be a full review of the Plan in September 2028 when a new Plan will be produced to cover the next three years.
2.2 Welcoming and preparing for disabled pupils
2.2.1 Where it is practicable to make reasonable adjustments to enable a prospective pupil to take up a place at the Academy and to satisfy the current admissions criteria, the Academy is committed to providing those reasonable adjustments.
2.2.2 In order to meet the needs of disabled pupils, the Academy requires full information. The Academy will ask prospective pupils to disclose whether they have received any learning support, have had an educational psychologist’s report or have any disability or other condition of which the Academy should be aware. Where a pupil has a statement of special educational needs, or an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan the Academy will work with the Local Authority (LA) who makes and maintains the statement / EHC plan to ensure that the identified provision is delivered in an appropriate manner.
2.2.3 In assessing the pupil or prospective pupil, the Academy may need to take advice and require assessments as appropriate. The Academy will be sensitive to any issues of confidentiality.
| Targets | Strategies | Outcome | Timeframe | Goals achieved | |
| Short term | Enable staff to increase their knowledge and understanding of needs of disabled pupils and differentiating the curriculum. |
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Staff confident in providing appropriate teaching and support to more fully meet the requirements of disabled pupils’ needs with regards to accessing the curriculum. | September 2026 |
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| Medium term | Enable children to access the outdoor areas for outdoor learning
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All pupils in the school access all learning and wellbeing opportunities the outdoor and forest school offers. | September 2027 | |
| Long term | Ensure staff plan to meet the needs of all children for residential trips in advance so activities can be adapted and staffing adjusted accordingly |
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Staff have proactively met parents to plan early enabling children with additional needs to access camps successfully (Y2, Y4, Y6). | September 2028 |
| Targets | Strategies | Outcome | Timeframe | Goals achieved | |
| Short term | Ensure classrooms are language rich but appropriate for children’s sensory needs |
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All areas of the academy are conducive to learning.
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September 2026 | |
| Medium term | Provide a range of play equipment for disabled pupils to use during break and lunch times. |
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Range of activities available during unstructured times. Children access social times without less opportunities to play than their peers. | September 2027 | |
| Long term | Provide accessible toilet and changing facilities for toilet training in the preschool. |
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To support all children with their toilet training in the preschool. | September 2028 |
| Targets | Strategies | Outcome | Timeframe | Goals achieved | |
| Short term | Ensuring availability of written material in alternative formats, when necessary. |
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Children will be able to access their learning through appropriate written material. | September 2026 | |
| Medium term | Improve IT provision for disabled pupils. |
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Disabled pupils readily have access to IT resources to meet their needs | September 2027 | |
| Long term | The accessibility plan takes into account the views of pupils with a disability as they move through the school. |
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The accessibility plan has taken the views of children into account, children feel heard. | September 2028 |
| Targets | Strategies | Outcome | Timeframe | Goals achieved | |
| Short term | Enable staff and students to increase their knowledge and understanding of the needs of disabled pupils Staff to have a clear understanding of a range of different disabilities and the impact on teaching and learning.
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Staff confident in providing appropriate teaching and support to more fully meet the requirements of disabled pupils’ needs with regards to accessing the curriculum.
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September 2026 | |
| Medium term | Improve staff confidence in adapting the PE curriculum
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All staff feel confident adapting PE lessons, for all children to feel fully included and supported in their PE lessons taking their views into account
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September 2027 | |
| Long term | Ensure hearing and visual environment to support learning in classrooms is regularly monitored to support hearing impaired and visually impaired children.
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All children have access to the appropriate environment. | September 2028 |
| Targets | Strategies | Outcome | Timeframe | Goals achieved | |
| Short term | To explore what activities disabled children would like to be able to access and provide developments in this area.
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More activities available for children with disabilities to access in line with their wants and needs. Children access social times without less opportunities to play than their peers.
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September 2026 | |
| Medium term | Provide a range of play equipment for disabled pupils to use during break and lunch times. |
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Range of activities available during unstructured times. Children access social times without less opportunities to play than their peers. | September 2027 | |
| Long term | Provide accessible toilet and changing facilities for toilet training in the preschool. |
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To support all children with their toilet training in the preschool. | September 2028 |
| Targets | Strategies | Outcome | Timeframe | Goals achieved | |
| Short term | Develop staff awareness around use of ICT and SEND.
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All students able to access the curriculum. | September 2026 | |
| Medium term | Ensure IT facilities are specifically chosen to meet the needs of pupils with disabilities
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All students have the right resources for them to access the curriculum taking into account specific needs
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September 2027 | |
| Long term | Be proactive in finding out about needs of new starters to ensure provision is in place in a timely way to meet needs we don’t know about yet.
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Children and parents are confident in the school’s ability to meet their child’s needs. Children are part of the decision making process.
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September 2028 |
| Approved by: | Principal |
| Chair of Academy Council | |
| Approved on: | September 2025 |
| Review date: | September 2028 |
