Equality objectives

At Spring Cottage Primary School, we are committed to ensuring the equality of education and opportunity for all pupils, staff, parents / carers, irrespective of race, gender, disability, faith, religion or socio-economic background. We aim to develop a culture of inclusion and diversity in which all those connected to the school feel proud of their identity and able to participate fully in school life.

The achievement of pupils will be monitored by EAL, SEND, free school meal entitlement and gender and we will use this data to support pupils, raise standards and ensure inclusive teaching. We will tackle discrimination by the positive promotion of equality, challenging bullying and stereotypes and creating an environment which champions respect for all.

At Spring Cottage, we believe that diversity is a strength and should be respected and celebrated by all those who learn, teach and visit here. 

The Equality policy (below) and objectives reflect the Equality Act 2010 which harmonises and replaces previous legislation including the Race Relations Act 1976/2000, Disability Discrimination Act 1975/2005, Gender Recognition Act 2004 and Sex Discrimination Act 1975. The policy therefore supersedes all previous school policies on Disability, Ethnicity (i.e., Race) and Gender. Through this policy Spring Cottage Primary School  will fulfil its public duty to have due regard to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination, advance equality of opportunity, and foster good relations in connection with disability, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual identity, and where appropriate, age (applicable to employees only).

This policy is reviewed annually, however the equality objectives are updated every four years. The Equality Information Objectives Statement is reviewed annually by our governors.

See Policies page to view our Equality and Diversity documents.