Schools access initiative programme
All Central Bedfordshire schools can apply for schools access initiative funding to improve access to schools for pupils with disabilities.
Schools can apply for capital funding for building works to adapt and improve the school building, or for the provision of special equipment to make the school more accessible to a child with disabilities. A panel of officers and head teachers meet in May, July,
October and January to consider applications and allocate funding based on the needs of a specific child, to schools that currently have, or are due to admit, disabled pupils on roll.
Schools Access Initiative Programme 2024 to 2025
Arnold Academy
- Improvements to the Chill-Out Room
- Soundfield systems in 10 classrooms
Brooklands School
- Outdoor sensory space for the ARP
Caddington Village School
- Pathway
Fairfield Park Lower School
- Bespoke SEMH alternative provision
Parkfields Middle School
- Sound dampening measures
- Hearing equipment
Ivel Valley School
- Conversion of the caretaker’s house
- Stander
- Specialised seating
The Chiltern School
- Adaptive trikes
- Standing frame
- Acoustic improvements to 2 classrooms
- Creation of 2 additional classrooms
Vandyke Upper School
- Automatic door
Edward Peake CofE Middle School
- Hearing equipment
Etonbury Academy
- Hearing equipment
Gothic Mede Academy
- Hearing equipment
Hearing Impairment Service
- Hearing equipment
Lancot School
- Hearing equipment
Linslade School
- Hearing equipment
Manshead Academy
- Hearing equipment
Pix Brook Academy
- Hearing equipment
Priory Academy
- Hearing equipment
Shefford Lower School
- Hearing equipment
Tithe Farm Primary School
- Hearing equipment
Toddington St George Lower School
- Hearing equipment
Henlow Academy
- Sight equipment