The Equality Act 2010 requires us to publish information that demonstrates that we have due regard for the need to:
West Monkton School is an inclusive school where we focus on the well-being and progress of every child and where 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.
Our approach to equality is based on the following key principles:
Promote understanding and engagement between communities;
Encourage all children and families to feel part of the wider community;
Understand the needs and hopes of all our communities;
Eliminate discrimination;
Increase life opportunities for all;
Ensure teaching and the curriculum explores and addresses issues of diversity.
Equality Information
Number of pupils on roll at the school: 416
Age of pupils: 4-11
Information on pupils by protected characteristics
The Equality Act 2010 protects people from discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics. Every person has several of the protected characteristics, so the Act protects everyone against unfair treatment.
In order to ensure that all pupils are protected from discrimination, the school collects information on protected characteristics.
Information on other groups of pupils
In addition to pupils with protected characteristics, we gather further information on the following groups of pupils:
Gender: Male: 49.7 % Female: 50.2%
Pupils eligible for Free School Meals (FSM): 8.6%
Pupils eligible for Pupil Premium Finding – Disadvantage group:
Pupils with Special Educational Needs (SEN): 13.9%
Pupils with English as an Additional Language (EAL): 5.5%
Young carers: None
Looked after children: 0.4%
Eliminating discrimination and other conduct that is prohibited by the Act
The information provided here aims to demonstrate that we give careful consideration to equality issues in everything that we do at West Monkton Primary School. ‘Due regard’ ensures that we work towards eliminating discrimination, harassment and victimisation and other conduct that is prohibited by the Equality Act.
We are committed to working for equality for all our staff, parents/carers and children to meet our duties under the Equality Act 2010.
We eliminate discrimination by:
Advancing equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it
We advance equality of opportunity by:
Fostering good relations across all characteristics - between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it
We foster good relations by:
Equality Objectives
At West Monkton Primary School, we are committed to ensuring equality of education and opportunity for all pupils, staff, parents and carers, irrespective of race, gender, disability, belief, religion or socio-economic background.
In order to further support pupils, raise standards and ensure inclusive teaching, we have set objectives. These can be found in the attached documents.
Please note - these are draft until they have been to Local Governing Board (Jan 2020)