Your school’s Disability Access Plan (DAP) will now form part of your Disability Equality Duty (DED).  This came into force for secondary schools in December 2006 and for primary schools, Pupil Referral Units and primary and secondary special schools in December 2007.

Each school’s DAP has generally only been concerned with physical access issues.  The DED is much broader, covering policy-making, service users, employment and access to the curriculum.  These issues, together with physical access issues must be covered in the Disability Equality Scheme (DES).

Waltham Forest Council has an ambitious equality vision for the Borough “by 2012 Waltham Forest will be a community fit for all”.  With this in mind and statutory obligations, Waltham Forest Council’s Schools Disability Access Strategy (SDAS) has been updated and progressed through the formal consultation process.

front cover of school disability access

This consultation process has now concluded, with relatively no changes to the draft publication other than requests to replace the interpreting and translation page.
The School Disability Access Strategy publication is now available to download, together with guidance and supporting documents, to assist schools with their schemes and plans.

“By working together we will bring the vision to life”.

Download the documents by using the relevant links below:-

Some of these documents are in PDF format . To view them you may need to download a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader.

For further information contact:

School Organisation, Partnership and Development (SOPD)
PO Box 416
Silver Birch House
Uplands Business Park
Blackhorse Lane
Walthamstow
London  E17 5SD

Telephone: 020 8496 3542
Fax: 020 8496 3688
Email: CSUAdmin@walthamforest.gov.uk