equality objectives
Paddock Junior, Infant and Nursery School promote equal opportunity and will not tolerate inequality in any area of the school’s life or work. All are treated equally and given equal access to the curriculum and life of the school. All have equal opportunity to benefit from all that we offer. We aim to develop an ethos in which all will thrive. Diversity and differences are valued and respected by all and these contribute to the richness of our school life and learning.
Under the Equality Act 2010, we welcome our general duty to;
- Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and any other conduct prohibited by The Equality Act 2010
- Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it.
- Foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it.
We recognise our specific duties which aims to assist us to meet our general duty;
- To annually publish information on how we are complying with the Equality Duty including to publish information on our school population.
- To publish equality objectives every four years, which show how we plan to tackle particular inequalities and reduce or remove them
Our Equality Objectives
1. Promotion of cultural understanding and awareness of different religious beliefs between different ethnic groups within our school community.
2. Monitoring and promotion of the involvement of all groups of children in the extracurricular life of the school, including leadership opportunities, especially students with special educational needs and disabilities.
3. Actively close gaps in attainment and achievement between children and groups of children especially those eligible for free-school meals, those with special educational needs and disabilities, looked after children and children from minority ethnic groups.
4. Continue to improve accessibility across the school for children; staff and visitors with disabilities, including access to specialist teaching areas.
5. Reduce the incidence of use of homophobic, sexit and racist language by children in school.