Schools will:

• Have a lead staff member responsible for SEND;
• Write an Accessibility Plan;
• Use a range of inclusive teaching methods;
• Support the inclusion and achievement of children and young people with disabilities, in education and social activities;
• Provide staff training on SEND;
• Support children and young people with disabilities with transition, exams and assessments;
• Listen to children and young people and involve them and their parents and carers in the review of individual plans;
• Meet children and young people’s individual needs, including physical and medical needs by working with partner agencies and adopting the ‘Graduated Response’ of ‘plan, do and review’ to understand needs.

Staffordshire County Council will:

• Work in partnership to provide the right help for children, young people and their parents/carers, at the right time;
• Promote inclusion;
• Listen to the views of children and young people with disabilities;
• Provide access to NASEN Whole-School SEND Review training for schools;
• Provide specialist services to support children and young people with disabilities, schools and staff.

Schools will:

• Ensure their building and facilities are accessible;
• Use suitable resources to meet a child/young person’s individual needs including sensory needs where appropriate;
• Follow a pathway for accessing funding for specialist equipment;
• Make use of the ‘Disability Access Fund’ in early years’ settings;

Staffordshire County Council will:

• Ensure all new build/extension projects completed on schools are designed and built, meeting accessibility regulations.
• Support schools with individual placements and transitions to meet needs of children;
• Ensure Education, Health and Care Plans include the accessibility needs of children and young people.

Schools will:

• Have an ‘Accessibility Plan’ and ‘SEND Information Report’ published on their website;
• Provide both accessible and alternative (where required) information for children/young people and parents/carers;
• Provide interpreters (where required).

Staffordshire County Council will:

• Provide information on the SEND Local Offer via Staffordshire Connects;
• Provide advice and support to parents and carers, children and young people through the SEND Information Advice and Support Service;
• Provide guidance for schools in meeting the needs of children and young people with disabilities through the Graduated Response Toolkit;
• Involve children and young people with disabilities, parents and carers in the development and review of strategies and the SEND Local Offer.

It is the duty of SCC, all those working in Staffordshire schools and academies and specialist services supporting schools, to promote accessibility and to ensure this strategy is implemented.

The SEND Inclusion and Partnership Group will oversee the delivery of the strategy.