An Anticipatory Duty: Owed To Pupils You Haven't Met Yet

Schools carry two of the Equality Act's three reasonable-adjustment requirements — and the guidance's own word for the duty is "anticipatory": owed to disabled pupils generally, before anyone's asked, with no defence of "we did our best" once a need is known. Here's exactly what that means for the site manager, the midday supervisor, the office and the TA, not just the teacher.

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