Exclusive: National Film and Television School introduces fully accessible accommodation and bursary scheme at its Beaconsfield campus

For a long time, physically disabled students who dreamed of studying at the UK’s most prestigious film and TV production school had nowhere to stay in the local area. And when they commuted, they would encounter hundreds of inaccessible areas on campus.

In an industry where just 12% of TV employees are disabled, compared with 18% in the labour market as a whole, something had to change.