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Could DAA be added to the school curriculum and what support would be needed for teachers? Survey - prior knowledge (UKS2 and KS3) - KS3 - 7&8 only. Spend approximately 1 hour reading through the e-learning to get a flavour of the ENABLED for Digital Accessibility framework. Focus groups (5) - planning for DAA- (UKS2 or KS3 based on comparison of survey responses) Task 1 - (30-45 minutes) Matrix- planning for learners - 5 ideas (30 mins) - teaching activities and learners response Task 2 - (30-45 minutes) Matrix - teacher /school level support - with 5 ideas (one column for each letter of ENABLED) (30 minutes) Task 2 with questions specific to resources and support needed for (PCKg) - analysis via each category of ENABLED. For each ENABLED category: What support and resources would YOU specifically need as a teacher to teach this in the classroom with learners What would support would be needed at a school level  Participating teachers - £10 vouchers each?

WebAim 2026 report

  https://webaim.org/projects/million/

DfE inclusion expectations schools

  https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/send-inclusion-what-dfe-expects-from-schools?amp https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inclusive-mainstream-fund-2026-to-2027/inclusive-mainstream-fund-best-practice-for-schools--2 https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/dfe-all-teachers-will-get-send-and-inclusion-training

Curriculum and Ofsted reforms

  Curriculum reform:   New curriculum to give young people the skills for life and work - GOV.UK Curriculum and Assessment Review Final Report - GOV.UK Curriculum and Assessment Review Final Report: government response - GOV.UK What you need to know about the changes to the National Curriculum – The Education Hub A New Curriculum for Schools: Key Takeaways from the Francis Review | National Governance Association Curriculum and Assessment Review final report: Building a world-class curriculum for all   Send reform:   SEND reform: putting children and young people first - GOV.UK   Ofsted reform and frameworks:   Improving the way Ofsted inspects education: report on the responses to the consultation - GOV.UK Ofsted sets out proposals for fairer education inspections and new, more detailed report cards - GOV.UK Education inspection framework: for use from November 2025 - GOV.UK Initial teacher education (ITE) inspection: toolkit, operating guide and framework...

Lit rev thoughts

  Background and context 20% as a significant proportion of society - the only minority anyone can join at any point. , but Microsoft posit that DA doesn’t just benefit minorities but everyone- ID infographic, meaning it’s significance is much broader. Accessibility about disability but inclusive design and universal design about everyone 

Interview thoughts

 Describe the experience and add meaning to the experience  Write a persona profile and written overview of their classroom experience- PCKg questions to add meaning to that experience  Visually represented as a circle of topics  Triangulate key overlap in themes raised in PCKg Pre-service teachers - our next generation of teachers getting scaffolding training to apply it to the classroom environment- working with experienced teachers to integrate activities- experienced teachers could help with observations. Development of early PCKg - recommendations for classroom environment but also teacher training for subject matter knowledge- both being inclusive and teaching learners about it Could be used for university instead of SCULPT scenario. How can digital accessibility awareness be introduced into the primary school curriculum at upper key stage 2? What students- why upper key stage 2 What teachers - e.g. why explore this from pre-service (e.g. not an add-on or extra...

Useful for rationale

  https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68ba9fd0cc8356c3c882ab2b/Initial_teacher_education_inspection_toolkit.pdf Subject knowledge and highlighting inclusion within education