Disability Confident is a national scheme to support employers make the most of the talents disabled people can bring to the workplace. Lugwardine Primary Academy is a Disability Confident Employer. This means that we are committed to employing, supporting and promoting people with disabilities in the workplace.

Being recognised as a Disability Confident Employer, this means that we are committed to the following to support us in recruiting and retaining people with disabilities in our employment:

Recruitment:

We:

• Actively look to attract and recruit disabled people
• Provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process
• Offer an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy
• Are flexible when assessing people so disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job
• Proactively offer and make reasonable adjustments as required
• Encourage our suppliers and partner firms to be Disability Confident
• Ensure our employees have appropriate disability equality awareness

Retention:

We:

• Promote a culture of being Disability Confident
• Support employees to manage their disabilities
• Ensure there are no barriers to the development and progression of disabled staff
• Ensure managers are aware of how they can support staff who are sick or absent from work
• Value and listen to feedback from disabled staff