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England

Accessibility plan

Official wording, responsibilities and review duties.

Evidence link

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Requirement and scope

Choose the governance type; academy and maintained duties differ. Choose a phase; confirm age and provision conditions.

Maintained school

Required document [1]

Must publish. Website publication within the stated scope. [2]

Source-established phases
Primary, Secondary, All-through, Special
Source-established school types
Mainstream school, Special school
EYFS condition
No separate EYFS condition stated
Accountable
not stated in the source
Approval
not stated in the source
Operational owner
not stated in the source
Review cycle
Regularly; no fixed interval stated [1]

Independent schools and pupil referral units are outside this catalogue’s supported governance mapping.

Academy or free school

Required document [3]

not stated in the source. Website publication: not stated in the source. Check access and disclosure duties separately.

Source-established phases
Primary, Secondary, All-through, Special
Source-established school types
Mainstream school, Special school
EYFS condition
No separate EYFS condition stated
Accountable
not stated in the source
Approval
not stated in the source
Operational owner
not stated in the source
Review cycle
Regularly; no fixed interval stated [1]

Independent schools and pupil referral units are outside this catalogue’s supported governance mapping.

Schools must regularly review accessibility plans. The cited clause does not prescribe a three-year cycle. Academy preparation of a plan and publication of information about it do not establish an exclusive website duty for the complete standalone plan.

Official wording

Curriculum

What all schools must publish All schools must publish: the content of the curriculum in each academic year for every subject, including mandatory subjects such as religious education (RE) – this applies even if it is taught as part of another subject or known by another name information to make parents and carers aware they have the right to withdraw their child from all or part of RE how parents, carers or other members of the public can find out more about the curriculum an accessibility plan that sets out how, over time, they will increase the extent to which disabled pupils participate in the curriculum

What maintained schools must or should publish online · Reviewed 2026-10-26

Curriculum

Academies must prepare an accessibility plan that sets out how, over time, they will increase the extent to which disabled pupils participate in the curriculum.

What academies and further education colleges must or should publish online · Reviewed 2026-10-26

Chapter 4, disability duties

4.29 Schools must implement accessibility plans which are aimed at:  increasing the extent to which disabled pupils can participate in the curriculum;  improving the physical environment of schools to enable disabled pupils to take better advantage of education, benefits, facilities and services provided; and  improving the availability of accessible information to disabled pupils.

Equality Act 2010: advice for schools · Reviewed 2026-10-26

Chapter 4, paragraph 4.30: review of accessibility plans

4.30 Schools will also need to have regard to the need to provide adequate resources for implementing plans and must regularly review them. An accessibility plan may be a freestanding document but may also be published as part of another document such as the school development plan.

Equality Act 2010: advice for schools · Reviewed 2026-10-26

Sources and updates

Official evidence reviewed 2026-10-26. Check the source edition and conditions before acting.

  1. Equality Act 2010: advice for schools

    Reviewed edition matches. GOV.UK metadata checked; captured PDF matches the reviewed edition. Live file bytes are unverified.

    Reviewed on
    2026-10-26
    Reviewed version
    2018-06-28T11:41:40+01:00
    Last checked
    2026-10-27T11:00:36.203Z
    Reviewed text digest (SHA-256)
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    Official content identity
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    Official content digest (SHA-256)
    1d393cf67b00a7ed4704970426fb65409456d5c914e358db3767c2ef1cc11c49
    Reviewed PDF digest (SHA-256)
    fb9e5ba24df09a6dea5e40e4fa885cb6b3e05925fd828e5df546aeb9225150ae

    https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7e3237ed915d74e33f0ac9/Equality_Act_Advice_Final.pdf

    Official attachment · https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7e3237ed915d74e33f0ac9/Equality_Act_Advice_Final.pdf

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  2. What maintained schools must or should publish online

    Reviewed edition matches. Source text matches the reviewed edition.

    Reviewed on
    2026-10-26
    Reviewed version
    2024-10-24T13:22:43+01:00
    Last checked
    2026-10-27T11:00:36.203Z
    Reviewed text digest (SHA-256)
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    Official content identity
    601afc48-7631-11e4-a3cb-005056011aef
    Official content digest (SHA-256)
    b3b7c2dedfb7e1fe1d249c685ca0f56f901e00aef72bbc7fba327afd2ccf9596

    https://www.gov.uk/guidance/what-maintained-schools-must-publish-online

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  3. What academies and further education colleges must or should publish online

    Reviewed edition matches. Source text matches the reviewed edition.

    Reviewed on
    2026-10-26
    Reviewed version
    2024-10-24T13:22:46+01:00
    Last checked
    2026-10-27T11:00:36.203Z
    Reviewed text digest (SHA-256)
    c97340181ef278fa159ebd90b83d1f974cfc65dd3107bfb3379793aec044b7df
    Official content identity
    805a09d7-7542-41b7-aefe-1b0935777e49
    Official content digest (SHA-256)
    48649d639b13916fb1950e252294ddcfb0016986359c01fe4842291a81faba96

    https://www.gov.uk/guidance/what-academies-free-schools-and-colleges-should-publish-online

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