Equality Objectives

Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED)

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.

The duty is a statutory duty. It ensures that we consider how our functions will affect people with different protected characteristics. These functions include policies, programmes and services.

The relevant protected characteristics are:

• age
• disability
• gender reassignment
• pregnancy and maternity
• race
• religion or belief
• sex
• sexual orientation

Herringthorpe Infant School is an inclusive school where we focus on the well-being and progress of every child and where all members of our community are of equal worth.

We believe that the Equality Act provides a framework to support our commitment to valuing diversity, tackling discrimination, promoting equality and fostering good relationships between people. It also ensures that we continue to tackle issues of disadvantage and underachievement of different groups.

Our approach to equality is based on the following key principles:

1. All learners are of equal value.
2. We recognise and respect difference.
3. We foster positive attitudes and relationships and a shared sense of cohesion and belonging.
4. We observe good equalities practice in staff recruitment, retention and development.
5. We aim to reduce and remove inequalities and barriers that already exist.
6. We have the highest expectations of all our children.

Equality Information

Number of pupils on roll at the school:293
Age of pupils: 3 to 7

Information on pupils by protected characteristics

The Equality Act 2010 protects people from discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics. Every person has several of the protected characteristics, so the Act protects everyone against unfair treatment. In order to ensure that all pupils are protected from discrimination, the school collects information on protected characteristics.

Eliminating discrimination and other conduct that is prohibited by the Act

The information provided here aims to demonstrate that we consider equality issues in everything that we do at Herringthorpe Infant School. ‘Due regard’ ensures that we work towards eliminating discrimination, harassment and victimisation and other conduct that is prohibited by the Equality Act. We are committed to working for equality for all our staff, parents/carers and children to meet our duties under the Equality Act 2010. We eliminate discrimination by:

• Adoption of the single Equality Scheme.
• Our behaviour policy ensures that all children feel safe at school and addresses prejudicial bullying.
• Reporting, responding to and monitoring all racist incidents.
• Regularly monitoring the curriculum to ensure that the curriculum meets the needs of our pupils and that it promotes respect for diversity and challenges negative stereotyping.
• Teaching to ensure children reach their potential and all pupils are given equal entitlement to success.
• Tracking pupil progress to ensure that all children make rapid progress, and intervening when necessary.
• Ensuring that all pupils have the opportunity to access extra-curricular provision
• Listening to and monitoring views and experiences of pupils and adults to evaluate the effectiveness of our policies and procedures.

Advancing equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it

We advance equality of opportunity by:

• Using the information we gather, we identify underachieving groups or individuals and plan targeted intervention.
• Ensuring participation of parents/carers and pupils in school development.
• Listening to parents/carers.
• Listening to pupils at all times.

Fostering good relations across all characteristics - between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it

We foster good relations by:

• Ensuring that Herringthorpe Infant School is seen as a community school within our local community.
• Ensuring that equality and diversity are embedded in the curriculum and in collective worship.

Equality Objectives

At Herringthorpe Infant School, we are committed to ensuring equality of education and opportunity for all pupils, staff, parents and carers, irrespective of race, gender, disability, belief, religion or socio-economic background.

In order to further support pupils, raise standards and ensure inclusive teaching, we

have set the following objectives:-

Objective 1

To promote equality and challenge stereotypical views in education and future employment ensuring high aspirations for all.

(Eliminate Discrimination)

Objective 2

To monitor the achievement and progress of groups including disadvantaged, gender, EAL, and SEND ensuring additional support is in place to narrow any identified gap.

(Advance Equality of Opportunity)

Objective 3

To increase the extent to which SEND and/or disabled pupils have access to the school curriculum.

(Advance Equality of Opportunity)

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.

(Foster Good Relations across all characteristics)

In order to meet our duty; we have published:

• The school's equality objectives; outlining how we may further equality in our school. These will be revised/published every 4 years.
• Annual information to demonstrate how the school is complying with the Public Sector Equality Duty, taking into account the specific circumstances surrounding children who have any of the protected characteristics outlined above.

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