East Wichel Primary School & NurseryAccessibility Plan 2025-27 East Wichel Primary School and Nursery has high aspirations for all pupils including its disabled pupils. We expect them to participate and achieve in every aspect of school life. We have a caring, supportive ethos that seeks to value all individuals and treat them fairly and with respect. Our school promotes equality of opportunity for disabled people: pupils, staff, parents, carers and others who use the school. By promoting a positive attitude towards disabled people we aim to eliminate discrimination related to disability and thereby are expecting all to demonstrate our school values of love, community, integrity, aspiration and appreciation. We are committed to providing an environment that enables full curriculum access that values and includes all pupils, staff, parents and visitors regardless of their education, physical, sensory, social, spiritual, emotional and cultural needs. East Wichel Primary School and Nursery is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for all pupils, staff, and visitors. This plan outlines the steps we will take to improve accessibility for those with disabilities, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010. The plan will be made available online on the school website, and paper copies are available upon request. Objectives & Action Plan Objective | Action Steps | Responsible Person | Timeframe | Success Criteria | Improve Physical Accessibility | Install a doorbell at the front door to ensure wheelchair users can alert office staff that they are at the front door. | Site Manager | By May 2025 | Doorbell installed and tested to ensure procedure works. | Improve Physical Accessibility | Install a pull handle and new lock to the disabled toilet so that the breakaway door function can be used if someone were to become trapped in the toilet. | Site Manager | By May 2025 | Pull handle and lock installed and tested to ensure procedure works. | Improve Physical Accessibility | Improve Emergency Evacuation Procedures by ensuring that the EVAC chair has undergone regular servicing and has regular checks. | Site Manager | By the end of July 2025 | The chair has had a service and is approved for used. | Improve Physical Accessibility | Improve Emergency Evacuation Procedures by ensuring that all relevant staff have received training on using the EVAC chair. | Site Manager | By September 2025 | All relevant staff are trained and know how and what to do in an emergency using the EVAC chair. | Enhance Curriculum Access | Continue to develop quiet spaces or sensory-friendly rooms for pupils with sensory processing challenges | SENCO and EYFS SENCO | By September 2025 | Rooms are ready to access and staff know the plans for each space/area. | Enhance Curriculum Access | Offer ongoing professional development on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) including recognising and supporting neurodivergent students and understanding emotional regulation strategies. | SENCO and EYFS SENCO | Ongoing | Staff are using strategies learned at training sessions in the classroom and as part of small group or 121 support for pupils. | Improve Communication Accessibility | Provide training for staff on supporting Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) including how to use communication boards and other AAC tools/devices in classrooms. | SENCO and EYFS SENCO | Ongoing | Staff are using strategies learned at training sessions in the classroom and as part of small group or 121 support for pupils. |
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