FRONT STREET COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND EQUALITY

front street community primary school equal opportunities and equality policy september 2021 our school commitmen

FRONT STREET COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
AND EQUALITY POLICY
September 2021

Our School Commitment
The Equality Act 2010 requires us to publish information that
demonstrates that we have due regard for the need to:
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Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment, victimisation and
any other conduct prohibited by the Equality Act 2010
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Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a
protected characteristic and people who do not share it
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Foster good relations between people who share a protected
characteristic and people who do not share it
It is our aim to prepare children for life in modern Britain and to
achieve more. Children need to learn and understand what life is like
in a multi-cultural society and grow up knowing understanding the
importance of equality and respect (Equality Act 2010) ensuring that
the needs of all pupils are appropriately met. At Front Street we
embrace diversity: this includes tolerance of race, gender, religion,
sexual orientation and disabilities.
Equality
At Front Street Primary School:-
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We try to ensure that everyone is treated fairly and respectfully
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We want to make sure that our school is a safe and secure place
for everyone
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We recognise that people have different needs, and we understand
that treating people equally does not always involve treating them
the same
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We aim to make sure that no-one experiences less favourable
treatment or discrimination because of:
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their age
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a disability
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their ethnicity, colour or national origin
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their gender
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their gender identity (they have reassigned or plan to reassign
their gender)
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their marital or civil partnership status
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their being pregnant or having recently had a baby
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their religion or belief
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their sexual identity and orientation
We recognise that some children need extra support to help them to
achieve and be successful.
We try to make sure that people from different groups are consulted
and are involved in our decisions, especially children, parents and
those of us who can be treated less favourably.
The vision for all at Front Street is:
‘Believe. Achieve. Together we Succeed.’
This is underpinned by our school rights:
To learn. To be safe. To be treated with respect.
We are a Rights Respecting School.
Equal Opportunities
We aim, within Front Street Primary School, to provide equality of
opportunity for all children whatever their age, ability, gender, race
or background. We want all our pupils to achieve their full potential
during their time with us. As such, we work to ensure that our
expectations, attitudes, and practices do not prevent any child from
reaching their potential.
We recognise that a child’s self perception can be influenced by
his/her environment and so we aim to enhance our children’s
self-esteem and self-confidence by positively working to reduce any
bias and promoting equality of opportunity. We also recognise that
such perceptions are influenced by other factors including home, peer
group and the media.
As a school we work to incorporate the local authority’s guidelines
for Equal Opportunity into our primary practice. Certain strategies
are employed to ensure that the cross-curricular dimension of equal
opportunity permeates all of the life and work of the school.
Children have equal opportunity within and equal access to all areas
of the whole school curriculum. This includes both the Programmes of
Study and Attainment Targets for the National Curriculum subjects;
other subject areas currently outside the National Curriculum and
areas such as extra-curricular activities. Children are encouraged to
participate equally in the full range of activities both inside and
outside the classroom.
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Materials are carefully selected for all areas of the curriculum
so as to avoid bias
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Teacher time, attention and all resources are given equally to all
children.
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All children are encouraged to work and play freely with others.
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Opportunities are given for children to work with all teaching and
non-teaching staff.
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Equality amongst children is recognised when giving/delegating
responsibility and noting the achievements of both staff and
children.
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Discipline procedures – notably rewards and sanctions – are the
same for all children.
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Our school uniform policy reflects equality of opportunity for all
children
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Children and all staff are encouraged to value each other and
build up and maintain cooperative working relationships both
within school and in the community, such relationships being based
on mutual respect for each other
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Any differences which arise inside or outside the classroom are
dealt with sensitively and are discussed with the children.
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Practices and approaches involving equal opportunity are regularly
reviewed by all members of staff.
Accessibility
The Accessibility Plan is produced to complement and support the
school’s Equality Objectives, and is published on the school website.
We understand that the Local Authority will monitor the school’s
activity under the Equality Act 2010 (and in particular Schedule 10
regarding Accessibility) and will advise upon the compliance with that
duty.
We welcome our duties:-
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To promote community cohesion (under the Education and Inspections
Act 2006)
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To eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and
foster good relations (under the Equality Act 2010)
As part of this we will:
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Outline how we have due regard for equality and how we promote
community cohesion
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Publish equality objectives to show how we plan to tackle
particular inequalities and improve what we do
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Report against our equality objectives.
For more information please contact:
Mrs Gladstone (Head Teacher with responsibility for equality issues)
Tel: 0191 4881941