Local authorities are being encouraged to look to school toilets to help address the requirements of the growing numbers of pupils with special needs – Closomat can help with this.
Britain’s only manufacturer of smart toilets for disabled people of all ages maintains its equipment allows pupils with special needs to deal with their intimate hygiene, with little or no intervention from support staff.
A Closomat toilet can be used as a conventional WC – it has additional, integrated washing and drying functions, eliminating the need to manually wipe and ensuring optimum hygiene.
Therefore, it can optimum cleanliness for all pupils, and future-proofs a school, whether or not it currently has SEND pupils on its roll.
Closomat’s call follows new figures showing that the number of pupils with special needs has risen for the third year in a row, now standing at almost 15% of the total pupil population in England alone, and as the Government signals additional SEND funding.
Robin Tuffley, Closomat marketing manager, commented: “The Government’s latest briefing paper specifically itemises using the toilet as typical of the support a child might receive.
“School specification requirements already state that toilet facilities must be adequate with regard to any special requirements a pupil may have.
“Evidence shows that lack of suitable toilet facilities impacts on the health and wellbeing of pupils and staff. It affects pupils’ ability to learn and develop their social and care skills.
“Suitable toilets, that children feel happy to use, can help achieve better value and use of resources.
“We all recognise that school budgets are under pressure, but something as simple as providing the most appropriate toilet solution to help pupils ‘go’ without support makes best use of staff resources too.
“Research shows in primary schools alone, teachers spend ONE MILLION hours – almost 460,000 days – each year cleaning children after they’ve been to the toilet.
“The cost of installing a wash & dry/smart toilet is quickly amortised against the enhanced availability of staff for practical teaching and classroom support.”
Contact:
Closomat
Building 1, Brooklands Place,
Brooklands Road,
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Cheshire,
M33 6SD,
United Kingdom
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