ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT & POLICY

Resicare Alliance Ltd  is committed to making this website accessible to visitors with disabilities and is continually working to increase its accessibility and usability.

Resicare Alliance Ltd strives to conform to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, Level AA.

These recommendations outline how to make website content accessible to a wider range of people with disabilities. We are on a regular basis seeking opportunities to bring all areas of the site up to the same level of overall web accessibility.

1.Accessibility Plan

This Accessibility Plan is drawn up in compliance with current legislation and requirements as specified in schedule 10 of the Equality Act 2010 and the Department for Education (DfE) guidance for schools and trusts on the Equality Act 2010.

The Equality Act 2010 replaced all existing equality legislation, including the Disability Discrimination Act. The effect of the law is the same as in the past, meaning that “schools cannot unlawfully discriminate against pupils because of sex, race, disability, religion or belief and sexual orientation”. According to the Equality Act 2010 a person has a disability if:

• He or she has a physical or mental impairment, and
• The impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day

The Accessibility Plan is structured to complement and support the Equality Objectives of Ventrus Multi-Academy Trust (‘The Trust’), which are published on the Trust’s website. We understand that the Local Authority will monitor the school’s activity under the Equality Act 2010  (and in particular Schedule 10 regarding Accessibility) and will advise upon the compliance with that duty.

2.Objectives

The Templecroft School Accessibility Plan shows how access is to be improved for pupils, staff and visitors to the school within a given timeframe and anticipating the need to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate their needs where practicable. The Accessibility Plan contains relevant and timely actions to:Improve and maintain access to the physical environment of the school and/or to the curriculum and to make improvements the delivery of written communications.

Training will recognise the need to continue raising awareness for staff, Trustees and Local Governors on equality issues with reference to the Equality Act 2010.

This Accessibility Plan should be read in conjunction with the following school policies, stratgies and documents:

• Behaviour Policy
• Curriculum planning
• Health & Safety Policy
• School Improvement Planning
• SEND Policy
• Supporting Pupils with Medical Conditions Policy

Relevant reviews and associated audits will be carried out in a timely manner in order to inform accessibility planning.

The Accessibility Plan will be published on the school website.

The Accessibility Plan may be monitored by Ofsted during inspection processes in relation to Schedule 10 of the Equality Act 2010.

This document will be reviewed at least every 3 years, but may be reviewed and updated more frequently if necessary. It will be reviewed and approved by the Board of Trustees

APPENDIX 2: Audit

Accessibility audit

APPENDIX 3: POLICY HISTORY