EQUALITY STATEMENT:

‘All pupils and members of staff at Rolleston Primary School are provided with opportunities to fulfil their potential whatever their sex, race, colour ethnic or national origin, marital status, age, sexual orientation, disability or religious belief.’ 

EQUALITY OBJECTIVES 2023-2027

• To ensure that all learners have equal access to a rich, broad, balanced and relevant curriculum.
• To advance equality of opportunity by ensuring that teaching, learning and the curriculum promote equality, celebrate diversity and promote community cohesion by fostering good relations.
• To eliminate any discrimination, harassment and victimisation. To ensure that no-one is unfairly or illegally disadvantaged as a consequence of their age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, colour, race, ethnic or national origin, disability or religious beliefs.
• To recognize and celebrate diversity within our community whilst promoting community cohesion.
• To ensure that this policy is applied to all we do and upholds our work in PSHE, SMSC and British Values or Tolerance and Mutual Respect.
• To ensure that pupils and parents are fully involved in the provision made by the school.
• To ensure that within the school budget, adequate funding is provided to underpin this policy and that intervention, positive and preventative action is funded where necessary.

Rolleston Primary School Vision and Values 

At Rolleston Primary School we are committed to the inclusion of all pupils and community members. This includes equality of education and opportunity for all pupils, staff, parents and carers receiving services from our school, governors and other representatives who work with our school, irrespective of race, gender, disability, faith or religion or socio-economic background. 

We therefore:

• Believe that diversity is a strength, which should be reflected and celebrated by all who learn, teach and visit Rolleston Primary School.
• Tackle discrimination by the positive promotion of equality, challenging bullying and stereotypes, creating an environment which champions respect for all.
• Provide an environment which enables every pupil to be safe and encourages health.
• Believe that every teacher is a teacher of every child or young person including those with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND).
• Value every individual and enable them to enjoy their learning, achieve their full potential and economic well-being.
• Enable every pupil to make a positive contribution to their school and community.
• Identify and respond to the diverse and individual needs of our community members.
• Identify and overcome potential barriers to learning.
• Set appropriate learning challenges for every pupil.
• Promote the development of staff to enable them to deliver an exciting, challenging and inclusive curriculum, whilst keeping abreast of local and national changes.

Equality Information

On the 1st October 2010, the Equality Act 2010 replaced all existing equality legislation such as the Race Relations Act, Disability Discrimination Act and Sex Discrimination Act.

The Equality Act 2010 was introduced to ensure protection from discrimination, harassment and victimisation on the grounds of specific characteristics (referred to as protected characteristics). This means that schools cannot discriminate against pupils or treat them less favourably because of their sex (gender), race, disability, religion or belief, gender reassignment, sexual orientation or pregnancy or maternity.

The Act introduced requires all schools to comply with the Public Sector Equality Duty and two specific duties.

Public Sector Equality Duty requires us a school to:

• Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation Advance equality of opportunity between different groups
• Foster good relations between different groups

The Two “specific duties” requires us to:

• Publish information to show compliance with the Equality Duty
• Publish Equality Objectives at least every 4 years which are specific and measurable

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.