Equality and Diversity

At Crowton Christ Church C.E. Primary School, we aim to celebrate the diversity within our community and the wider world and develop confidence in individual identity through our tailored curriculum. We strive to promote equality in all that we do and we use examples of where this has not always been the case in our society in the past to support learning and promote tolerance.

The Equality Act 2010 brought together all the legal requirements on equality that the private, public and voluntary sectors need to follow. It affects equality law at work and in the delivery of all kinds of services and, in the context of this policy, in all aspects of the provision of education.

The Equality Act 2010 requires us to publish information that demonstrates that we have due regard for the need to:

• Eliminate unlawful  discrimination, harassment, 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.

Our School Aims:

1.To promote cultural understanding and awareness, valuing and celebrating various cultures and religious beliefs amongst different ethnic groups within our school community

2. To monitor and promote the involvement of all groups of students in the extra-curricular life of the school, including leadership opportunities

3. To provide appropriate and early pastoral interventions for students to promote positive behaviour and inclusion

4. To ensure accessibility across the school for students, staff and visitors with disabilities, including access to specialist teaching

5. To provide role models for all students, ensuring diversity in the staff body, visiting speakers and in leadership roles

6. To diversify the curriculum in all areas to ensure the positive representation of all protected characteristics across so that our students see and can be seen

7. To reduce the incidence of the use of discriminatory language and prejudice-based bullying by students in the school.

8. To ensure the consistent recording, reporting and action by staff following incidents of discriminatory language and behaviour, including bullying

Equality Objectives 2024-2026

Objective 1: To ensure all members of the school community are given a sense of belonging

Objective 2: To monitor and analyse pupil achievement by race, gender and disability and act on any trends or patterns in the data that require additional support for pupils.

Objective 3: To raise levels of attainment in core subjects for vulnerable learners – reading, writing and mathematics.

Objective 4: To review levels of parental and pupil engagement in learning and school life, across all activities to ensure equity and fairness in access and engagement.