Access
Champions Programme
This six-part blended learning programme is designed to build confidence, deepen understanding, and improve accessibility across every aspect of school life. Delivered as virtual classrooms and flexible e-learning.
Register NowChampions training launches in early 2026.
Delivered by
Jane Cooper
Head of Accessibility
Kate Whittlesey
Head of Education
Who should attend
This programme is ideal for staff responsible for driving or contributing to inclusion and accessibility in schools, including:
- SENDCos, Inclusion Leads, Directors of Inclusion
- Senior Leadership Teams
- Site and Estates Managers
- MAT Central Teams
- Designated Safeguarding or Pastoral Leads
Programme goals
- Explore how different disabilities affect everyday school life
- Build empathy through real stories and lived experiences
- Recognise barriers – visible and hidden – and know how to remove them
- Gain practical strategies that can quickly make a positive impact
- Strengthen your school’s accessibility plan with focused improvements
- Share learning and inspire inclusive practice across your school or trust
- Confidently lead change and champion accessibility long-term
Programme format
With a mix of virtual sessions and bite-sized online modules, this blended programme gives you practical tools and real insights to drive accessibility across your school...
Format: Virtual classroom
Duration: 60–90 mins
Overview: Explore the legal, moral, and educational case for accessibility in schools. Discuss lived experiences and reflect through a whole-school lens on what accessibility really means for pupils, staff, families, and visitors.
Format: E-learning
Duration: 45 mins
Overview: Examine barriers and misconceptions faced by pupils, families, staff, and visitors who have hearing impairments. Discover practical solutions and how to provide respectful assistance.
Format: E-learning
Duration: 45 mins
Overview: Explore how blind and partially sighted people experience the school environment. Learn how to create accessible resources and review ways to improve design, communication, and support.
Format: Virtual classroom
Duration: 45 mins
Overview: Ask questions, share reflections, and exchange insights with experts and peers. Gather inspiration to take forward in your own school or setting.
Format: E-learning
Duration: 45 mins
Overview: Explore how physical and policy-based barriers affect people with mobility impairments. Reflect on improvements to physical layout, routines, and support strategies that promote dignity and independence.
Format: Virtual classroom
Duration: 60–90 mins
Overview: Look at school environments, routines, transitions, language, and behaviour through the lens of neurodivergent pupils, families, and staff. Identify practical ways to adapt strategies, resources and environments for meaningful inclusion.
Format: Virtual classroom
Duration: 60–90 mins
Overview: Combine learning and audit insights to set strategic priorities and practical next steps. Leave confident, resourced, and ready to champion accessibility as part of your school’s long-term vision.
"1.3 million pupils are on SEN Support, and 639,000 have an EHCP."
Source: Department for Education, Special Educational Needs in England (Academic Year 2024/25).
Key features
Real voices. Learn from lived experience with stories that bring accessibility to life.
Focussed learning. Deep dives by disability type for meaningful improvements.
Interactive support. Workbooks with exercises and resources to embed learning.
Blended learning. Mix expert-led sessions with flexible online e-learning modules.
Built for busy staff. A time-conscious format that fits around school schedules.
Ready-to-use tools. Curated prompts, checklists, and templates for school use.
Clear auditing. Step-by-step accessibility reviews powered by AccessHub.
Action that lasts. Practical strategies for long-term sustainable improvement.
Champion status
To achieve Champion status, delegates complete all live sessions and e-learning, then apply their knowledge by auditing accessibility, creating a plan, and delivering three Welcome Wins. They also share learning through an accessibility-focused CPD session, extending impact across their school.
All progress is tracked through the AccessHub platform, which all delegates access for free.
It’s fully funded
We’re proud to offer Access Champions training – expert-led CPD that builds accessibility confidence across schools and trusts. This training is fully funded for the first 100 educators to register.
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