SCHOOLS throughout North Yorkshire are spearheading a planning scheme to make school life easier for pupils with a disability.

Teachers from all over the county have been taking part in a training course organised by the county council's education service.

The course looks at ideas on how to make the school curriculum and school buildings more accessible for pupils who may have mobility or sensory disabilities.

The education service has organised 28 courses at schools in response to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001.

Councillor Chris Metcalfe, the county's executive member for education, said: "It's all about changing attitudes and about low-cost solutions that make life easier for people.

"We have had a very positive response to these courses from every school that has attended. I am sure that this training will lead to some real and visible changes in our schools in the next few years."