Public Sector Equality Duties

Public Sector Equality Duties

St James & Ebrington C of E Primary School is committed to ensuring equality of provision throughout the school community. To achieve this, our equality objectives are as follows:

1. Reduce the impact of social deprivation, socio-economic status and class and improve the opportunities and outcome of pupils affected by these issues.

2. To monitor and analyse pupil achievement by gender, SEN, pupil premium and in year transfers and act on any trends or patterns in the data that require additional support for pupils.

3. Increase support for LGBTQIA pupils and staff, ensuring that pupils and staff can bring their whole selves to work and school and feel they are in a safe inclusive environment, as well as providing staff and pupils with someone to speak to, should they need to, increasing engagement and understanding.

4. Acknowledge the inequalities and challenges women at work face, and look to reduce those inequalities and challenges, increasing understanding and equipping staff through education, signposting and support.

5. To reduce prejudice and increase understanding of equality through direct teaching across the curriculum, ensuring that it promotes role models and heroes that young people positively identify with, who reflect and broaden the diversity of Modern Britain in terms of race, gender and disability.

6. To continue to review Access Arrangements in all schools for all staff and pupils with disabilities to meet their needs better and make sure that any disadvantages they experience are addressed. 7. To consistently review staff related policies and HR procedures to ensure they comply with the Act and the Trust offers equal opportunities to all staff.

Protected Characteristics:
It is unlawful for a school to discriminate by treating individuals less favourably because of their:

  • Sex

  • Race

  • Disability

  • Religion or belief

  • Sexual orientation

  • Gender reassignment

  • Pregnancy/maternity

  • Marriage and Civil Partnership

Children and young people under the age of 18 have limited protection under the Age characteristic. It is lawful to treat people differently because of their age in circumstances where the law allows, or requires, people to be treated differently because of their age.

For more information please see the policies below.

Accessibility Plan
Equality Information
Equality Policy