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Working with Disability in Education eLearning
Online disability awareness for school staff: reasonable adjustments for colleagues and pupils, the social model, and inclusive practice that goes beyond the ramp.
Who it is for
Who this working with disability in education course is for
Schools hold duties towards disabled pupils, disabled staff and disabled parents and visitors at the same time. This course covers all three, because in a school day they overlap constantly.
- Teachers and teaching assistants
- SENCOs and inclusion staff
- School office and reception teams
- Site and premises staff
- Senior leaders and governors
- Anyone involved in adjustment decisions
Course content
What the working with disability in education course covers
Five short lessons covering models of disability and the law, duties towards pupils, duties towards staff and visitors, inclusive practice, and language and conversations, then a 12-question assessment.
Models of disability and the law
The medical and social models of disability, and how the Equality Act 2010 defines disability.
Duties towards pupils
The reasonable adjustments duty for disabled pupils, accessibility plans, trips and activities, and the boundary with SEND.
Duties towards staff, parents and visitors
Reasonable adjustments for disabled staff, and access for parents and visitors.
Inclusive practice
Removing barriers in the classroom and around the school site.
Language and conversations
Respectful language, following the person's lead, and talking about disability with pupils.
Outcomes
What you will be able to do afterwards
- Explain the social model of disability and how disability is defined in law
- Describe the duties a school owes disabled pupils
- Recognise reasonable adjustments for staff, parents and visitors
- Apply inclusive practice in the classroom and around the site
- Talk about disability respectfully with pupils and adults
Your legal duty
The law behind working with disability in education training
Disability is a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010, which defines it as a physical or mental impairment with a substantial and long-term adverse effect on the ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. The duty to make reasonable adjustments applies in employment and in the provision of services.
Schools carry duties towards pupils as well as staff, and those pupil duties are set out in the Equality Act alongside sector guidance and, where relevant, SEND arrangements. Those are specialist areas. This course is awareness training rather than SEND or legal advice.
- Equality Act 2010 - disability as a protected characteristic
- The duty to make reasonable adjustments in employment and in services
- Schools hold duties towards pupils as well as staff and visitors
- SEND arrangements are a separate specialist area
Practicalities
How the course works
Would you rather have a tutor?
For non-school employers, the general disability awareness course applies.
For employers
Working with Disability in Education training for a team
Adjustments agreed by leaders are experienced across a whole school. Whole-staff awareness is what makes them work day to day.
- One invoice instead of a card payment per person
- Licences allocated as people join, so induction is covered
- Completion and expiry reporting for your records
- Renewal reminders before certificates lapse
- Bespoke versions built around your own procedures
Working with Disability in Education eLearning: common questions
No. SEND has its own specialist framework and training. This course covers disability awareness and the Equality Act duties that apply across staff, pupils and visitors.
The Equality Act definition covers impairments with a substantial and long-term adverse effect on normal day-to-day activities, considerably broader than most people assume, and including many non-visible conditions.
Yes. Schools carry adjustment duties towards employees as well as pupils, and staff adjustments are often the ones overlooked.
Yes. Access, reception and the physical environment are where a lot of the practical adjustments sit.
About 30 to 45 minutes, with no time limit. Start it, pause it, and come back whenever suits. The certificate is issued as soon as you pass the end assessment.
Yes. It runs in a browser on any modern phone, tablet or computer, with nothing to install.
Yes. Open a business account and we invoice you for the licences, which you allocate as people need them, with completion reporting included.