St Elphin's CE Primary Academy

St Elphin's CE Primary Academy will promote equal opportunity and will eliminate inequality in any area of the school's life or work. All will be treated equally and given equal access to the curriculum and life of the school. All will have equal opportunity to benefit from all that the school offers. Our school is proud of its ethos in which we foster excellent relationships between all, so that all can thrive. Diversity and difference are valued and respected and provide opportunities to enrich 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 (Sex (gender), race, disability, religion or belief, gender reassignment, sexual orientation or pregnancy or maternity. Age and marriage and civil partnership are also protected characteristics) 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 PSED (Public Sector Equality Duty)
• To publish equality objectives every four years, which show how we plan to tackle particular inequalities and reduce or remove them.

In fulfilling the legal obligations above, we are guided by the following principles:

Objective 1: For the % of PP and non-PP children achieving ARE in reading, writing and maths to be broadly in line (less than 10%).

Objective 2: Continue to further develop and ensure the delivery of a creative and meaningful curriculum for children with SEND.

Objective 3:  To continue to develop children’s understanding of diversity including different cultures, religions, families and abilities across the curriculum and through whole school events.

Objective 4:  To increase children’s awareness of ethical consumption and how their choices affect others globally through the curriculum and whole school events.