Access Badge
Bronze, Silver and Gold Access Badges show the progress you’ve made and the action you’ve taken to make your school more accessible. They’re awarded automatically as you audit, act and improve.
Register for platformGain priority access when AccessHub launches in early 2026.
“Only 43% of pupils with SEND achieve passes in English and maths — dropping to 24% when they face multiple needs.”
Source: Children’s Commissioner’s School Census (2025).
Why your Access Badge matters
Accessibility in schools is inconsistent. Across regions, Trusts, and individual schools, it can be challenging to obtain a coherent view of accessibility. That's where AccessHub helps.
Your Access Badge makes accessibility measurable and visible. It provides a consistent scoring system and framework – highlighting strengths, pinpointing gaps, and guiding progress over time.
It recognises impact, giving leaders and MATs a simple way to benchmark progress, set goals, and build confidence.
This is part of our mission: to equip schools with the tools and confidence to assess and improve accessibility. The badge – and our broader platform – turn that mission into everyday practice, embedding structure, motivation, and visibility across your school.
AccessHub will be available to all English schools in early 2026.
How scoring works
Your Access Badge is awarded automatically from your overall accessibility score across Leadership, Curriculum, Physical Environment, and Information (25% each).
For every question: Yes = full points, Partial = half, No = zero — strand scores roll up to your overall %. As your score improves, you’ll unlock Bronze (50%+), Silver (65%+), or Gold (80%+), especially by implementing your audit recommendations.
Everything is tracked within AccessHub. There’s no paperwork, no external moderation, and your certificate and reports are ready in just a few clicks.
Bronze is awarded when your school achieves an overall accessibility score of 50% or above, reflecting a clear starting point and commitment to improvement.
When your school reaches 65% or more, you’re awarded a Silver Badge — showing consistent action and growing strength across multiple areas of accessibility.
Gold is awarded once 80% or more is achieved, recognising school-wide commitment across leadership, curriculum, information and the physical environment.
What's measured
AccessHub evaluates your accessibility across four key domains:
Leadership
Policies, governance, training, and budgeting – embedding accessibility into daily leadership.
Curriculum
Inclusive design, quality first teaching, and accessible resources for every learner.
Information
Accessible formats, digital platforms, and assistive tech — clear communication with all.
Environment
Entrances, classrooms, toilets, play areas, and all other spaces that work for everyone.
Your score is calculated using our expert-led Welcometer™ framework and filtering system, factoring in legal risk, safeguarding impact, and other key priorities.
Built with specialist insight
Your Access Badge score is powered by a detailed, evidence-based framework developed with our expert team of accessibility consultants, architects, marketers, lawyers, educationalists and SEND leaders.
This Welcometer™ methodology is designed to give every school a fair, cost-effective alternative to consultancy – so you get the clarity, structure and insight of an accessibility expert, built into your everyday workflow.
Whether you’re a large trust or a small primary, your score is calculated using clear thresholds and real progress data. There’s no guesswork, no generic checklists, and no arduous approval process.
What schools gain
Recognition: Show progress with a visible badge, live score and ready-to-share materials.
Clarity: A simple way to track where you are, what’s working, and what to focus on next.
Motivation: Celebrate achievements and turn accessibility into a shared, ongoing goal.
Why schools use it
Schools use their Access Badge to track progress, guide planning and turn accessibility into visible, measurable action that drives improvement. It also builds confidence when reporting and communicating with governors, Ofsted and families – while connecting you to a growing network of schools committed to making accessibility real, practical and lasting.
Getting started
The Access Badge is available to all schools using AccessHub, including primary and secondary schools, special schools and APs, independent schools, and MATs (with trust-wide scoring and reporting available).
There’s nothing extra to apply for. Just complete your first AccessHub audit, and as your progress builds, your badge level will update automatically – no submissions, no waiting, no red tape.
You’ll always be able to see what badge you’ve earned, what’s needed to reach the next level, and which actions are making the biggest impact.
Gain early accessGain priority access when AccessHub launches in early 2026.
£395 per year
One price. Full access. Everybody welcome. Our pricing is simple – no hidden extras or “starting from.” Just one annual cost of £395 per school. Unlimited users. Every feature. Every school.
Fully funded training
We're proud to offer Access Champions training – expert-led CPD that builds accessibility confidence across schools and trusts. Valued at £1,000 per delegate, this training is fully funded for the first 100 educators to register.
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