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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
Six short modules on the models of disability, the duties a school carries, and inclusive practice in classrooms and around the site.
Models of disability
The medical and social models, and why the difference matters in a school.
Disability in law
The definition, and how broad it is, including non-visible conditions.
Duties towards pupils
Reasonable adjustments and the wider planning duty schools carry.
Duties towards staff and visitors
Adjustments for colleagues, parents and visitors to the site.
Inclusive practice
Classroom, communication and environment adjustments that work.
Language and conversations
Talking about disability without assumptions, with pupils and adults
Outcomes
What you will be able to do afterwards
- Explain the social model and why it changes your response
- Say how disability is defined for legal purposes
- Describe the adjustment duties a school owes pupils
- Recognise adjustments for staff, parents and visitors
- Apply inclusive practice in a classroom and around the site
- Talk about disability appropriately 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
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
For non-school employers, the general disability awareness course applies. See the workplace version →
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 minutes, with no time limit. Start it, pause it, and come back whenever suits. The certificate is issued the moment you finish.
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.