Public Sector Equality Duty
Equality Statement
At Jubilee Primary School, we are committed to the development of cohesive communities both within our school setting and within our local, national and global environments. Our school embraces the goal of working together with others to improve outcomes for our children’s learning and wellbeing. We believe that all our children are valued and respected, and that diversity and personal identity are a strength which should be respected and celebrated by all those who learn, teach and visit us in and around our school community. It also ensures that we recognise and celebrate the differences that exist amongst us, that we treat all people fairly and that we strive to eliminate discrimination wherever it exists.
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, 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.
In complying with this duty, Jubilee primary School is therefore committed to promoting strategies, opportunities, policies and procedures that will help us:
- eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation;
- remove or minimise disadvantages;
- take steps to meet different needs;
- encourage participation when it is disproportionately low;
- advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it; and
- foster good relations across all protected characteristics – between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it.
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.
Equality Statement:
Our Equality Statement is based on the principles above and aims to ensure that:
‘All pupils and members of staff at our 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.’
We welcome our duty under the Equality Act 2010 to eliminate discrimination, to advance equality of opportunity and to foster good relations.
Our objectives are:
The attainment difference between pupil premium and non-pupil premium pupils begins to diminish in all subjects
Enhance staff expertise in supporting children with English as an additional language (EAL) to improve outcomes for our increasingly diverse pupil community
Provide tailored provision so that pupils with special educational needs and disabilities make good or better progress from their starting points.
This statement was revised in December 2024.
You can view our Equalities Policy here.
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