ACCESSIBILITY PLAN
2015
COMPLETED
Access to the Curriculum
Short
Term
Medium
Term
Targets
 Ensure all staff have access
to training on disability
issues:
 Visually impaired
 Hearing impaired
 Dyslexia
 Cystic Fibrosis –key
members of staff
 ASD Training
 Provide Specialist Behaviour
support to reinforce
positive behaviour
strategies
 Ensure all staff are informed
regarding current ALN
initiatives
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 Review all curriculum
areas to include disability issues
in relation to the requirements
of the Equality Act 2010
Ensure all staff are aware of,
and able to use, ALN teaching
strategies and resources
Strategies
 Use a staff audit to identify
training needs and will
inform Professional
Development leader
(Annually)
 Arrange INSET training for all
staff on Equality issues
 Weekly visits from Behaviour
Support Team to advise staff
in developing positive
behaviour strategies
 Arrange INSET training for all
staff – teaching and nonteaching on current ALN
initiatives e.g. SAIL, STARS
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Include specific reference to
equality in all curriculum reviews
Equality Impact Assess all school
policies on a rolling programme
to cover all strands, not just
disability
Audit all ALN ICT and other
resources and make list available
to all staff. Order further
resources as necessary
Share good practice in teaching
strategies
Timescale
July 2015
March 2015
Responsibilities
CT/LWK
CT/LWK/LH
March 2015
KB
March 2016
LWK/LO
Autumn Term
2015
KB/CT/LWK/
SMT
Summer 2014
EEG
Spring 2015
LWK/OT
Spring 2015
LH
Success criteria
 Raised confidence of
staff in strategies for
differentiation and
increased pupil
participation where
applicable
 All staff work from a
Disability/Equality
perspective
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Gradual introduction
of disability issues into
all curriculum areas
through an agreed
Equality Impact
Assessment cycle

Wider use of ALN
resources and
strategies in
mainstream classes
Long
Term
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Ensure all staff have equality
training and appropriate
training for the needs of pupils

Organise INSET training for SLT/
all staff on Equalities
March 2013July2014
KB/LH
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Ensure new staff access similar
CPD courses
March 2013July2014
KB/LH
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All staff continue to
work from an equality
perspective
Access to Information
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Short term
Targets
Review information
to parents/carers to
ensure it is
accessible
Strategies
Consult parents/carers about access
needs when child is admitted to school
Review admission form following
Equality Impact Assessment of
documentation by EEG
Produce newsletter in alternative
formats e.g. large print, Braille according
to need
Implement initial parental consultation
for newly arrived pupils with EAL in any
year group
Timescale
According to
need
July 2015
Responsibilities
KB/LWK
According to
need
All staff
Summer
Term
annually and
according to
need
KB/CT
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Consult with parents/carers and children
about access to information and
preferred formats in all reviews
As necessary
All staff
Develop strategies to meet needs
Reviewed
Annually
All staff
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Short term
Inclusive discussion
of access to
information in all
annual reviews
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CT/EEG
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Success criteria
All parents receive
information in a
format that is
accessible e.g. large
print
All EAL pupils needs
are addressed in the
transition process
which are related to
protected
characteristics
Staff more aware of
pupils’ preferred
methods of
communication
Medium
term
Medium
term
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Ensure all
stakeholders can
access and hear
information on the
school telephones
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Redesign school
prospectus to be
accessible
Improved telephone communication
sound levels
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Redesign school prospectus to ensure it
explicitly welcomes disabled children
and those with ALN
July 2014
September
2012-May
2013
KB/OT
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KB/OT/Members of
Governing Body
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All stakeholders are
confident in
receiving
information via
telephone
conversations
Parents/carers feel
confident in the
information they
have about the
school.
Access to the Physical Environment
Targets
Short term
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Strategies
School staff are better
aware of access issues
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School is aware of the
access needs of any
disabled children and
parent/carers
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Timescale
Responsibility
Undertake confidential survey of staff
and governors to ascertain access needs
and make sure they are met in meetings
etc.
February
2013
Undertake confidential pupil information
questionnaire. Include questions about
parents/carers' access needs and ensure
they are met in all events
.
Create access plans for individual
disabled children, when and where
necessary
February
2013
KB/CT
As necessary
PT/CT
Success criteria

Raised confidence of
staff and governors in
their commitment to
meet access needs
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All pupils/parents and
carers able to fully
access all school
activities
KB/CT
Short term
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Improve environment
for pupils/whole school
community with Visual
Impairment
Ensure improved
environment for mobility
and independence
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Ensure all necessary areas are painted
with yellow lines
Ensure main access gates in Lower
School are safety assessed and modified
to meet requirements
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Request advice from LA Planning
Department
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Rationalise all indoor and outdoor areas
of learning
July 2013
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The environment is safe
and accessible for those
with visual impairment.
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All people including
wheelchair users can
access all areas of
learning independently
Both indoors and
outdoors provides a
totally inclusive learning
environment
KB/CT/PT
May 2015
KB/CT/PT/NM
Summer
2015
KB/OT
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Whole Staff
Short term
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Medium
term
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Ensure that any disabled
pupils and staff can be
safely evacuated as
applicable
Review and make entry
to school even more
accessible for wheelchair
users and others.
Arrange for wheelchair
audit of school site
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Put in place Personal Emergency
Evacuation Plans for any disabled pupils
or staff where and when necessary
As and when
necessary
Reviewed
annually
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Develop a system to ensure all staff are
aware of their responsibilities
Summer
Term 2013
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Request advice from LA Planning
Department
Reviewed
Annually
(September)
KB/OT/PT
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Any disabled children
and staff working with
them are safe and
confident in the event of
a fire
KB/OT/PT
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All visitors, staff, pupils
can access school
Purchase and fix signage
outdoors identifying
disabled access
Update school
prospectus to highlight
access for disabled users
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of the school site
Long term
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Ensure all fire escape
routes are suitable for all
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Request advice from LA Planning
Department/ Cardiff and Vale Coalition
for Disabled People
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School remains aware of
the access needs of any
disabled children, staff
and parent/carers
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Update survey of staff, governors,
parents, pupils about parents/carers'
access needs and ensure they are met in
all events
As and when
necessary
Reviewed
Annually
MW/MJ/ LA
CT/KB/OT
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All visitors, staff, pupils
can be safely evacuated
in the event of a fire
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Continued confidence of
staff and governors in
their commitment to
meet access needs