How accessible is Oak Lodge School? What kinds of specialist equipment and facilities are available at Oak Lodge School?
The ground floor of Oak Lodge School is fully accessible to wheelchair users or those pupils with mobility difficulties. There is an accessible toilet and hygiene/ changing room. Two teaching rooms have hoist facilities as does the local health and leisure centre used for PE and swimming. All specialist teaching rooms, ICT, music, art, science, food technology, DT and drama are fully accessible and have height adjustable tables. A number of pupils use Brezi chairs or have other adaptions as appropriate to their needs, as assessed prior to transition. A number of pupils are allocated assistive technology, including speech recognition software, writing slopes, have adapted cutlery or other resources on transition.
Pupil grouping, rooming and timetable takes into account pupils with PD needs.