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Campsbourne in inclusive; we focus on the well-being and progress of every child and we are committed to ensuring 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.
We recognise that these duties reflect international human rights standards as expressed in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, and the Human Rights Act 1998.
The Public Sector Equality Duty or “general duty” requires all public organisations, including schools to:
We expect all members of the school community and visitors to support our commitment to promoting equalities and meeting the requirements of the Equality Act. We will provide training, guidance and information to enable them to do this.
Our approach to equality is based on 7 key principles:
Equalities Objectives
Objective 1: To narrow the attainment gap for disadvantaged learners so that they attain in line with their peers.
Why we have chosen this objective: We have chosen this objective because analysis of school attainment data shows that a disproportionate number of children from Turkish or Black Caribbean background, or who speak English as an Additional Language or receive Pupil Premium funding are attaining below their peers.
To achieve this objective we plan to:
Progress we are making towards achieving this objective:
To be reviewed in autumn 2022
Objective 2: Recruit staff so children from identified disadvantaged groups have positive role models who they can identify with.
Why we have chosen this objective: We have chosen this objective to ensure that the staffing team reflects the diverse community which we serve and provides all children with positive role models and we are representative of [previously] marginalised groups.
To achieve this objective we plan to:
Progress we are making towards achieving this objective:
To be reviewed in autumn 2022
Objective 3: To ensure that all children from disadvantaged groups participate in extra-curricular activities.
Why we have chosen this objective: We want all children to participate in and benefit from extra curricula activities which celebrate who they are.
To achieve this objective we plan to:
Please refer to the Equalities Policy for full details of our approach to promoting equality.
Equalities Policy: Equality Information and Objectives (Autumn 2021)
Accessibility Plan: Accessibility Policy (Spring 2022)