Do you know what your local school is doing to ensure that it has a fully inclusive approach to delivering education to its young disabled students?

Local authorities, independent and grant-aided schools are required under Scottish education law to implement ‘accessibility strategies’ – a plan of how they will ensure that young disabled people are fully included in the curriculum, in communication and the school environment.

Many schools’ accessibility strategies are in urgent need of review (in some case development!) and are not easily found by parents looking to ensure that their children have access to the same opportunities in education as everyone else.

SDEF are looking to work with Local Authorities, grant-aided schools and independent schools to promote good practice and provide a workable solution which will ensure that schools will regularly review, amend and promote their accessibility strategies.

• Only 13 out of 61 local authorities and schools surveyed by SDEF could provide a current accessibility strategy

Get Involved!

We would really like to hear from you about good examples from your local schools to help build an overview of existing good practice in schools across Scotland with a view to promoting and encouraging other schools to follow suit. Feel free to call or write in to us.

Please read the SDEF report for further information