Equity, Equality, Diversity

Equality Objectives:

At Carr Lodge Academy, 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 the following objectives:-

Objective 1: To ensure all members of the school community are given a sense of belonging.

Objective 2: To monitor and analyse pupil achievement by race, gender and disability and act on any trends or patterns in the data that require additional support for pupils.

Objective 3: To raise levels of attainment in core subjects for vulnerable learners.

Objective 4: To promote diversity across the school through our curriculum, whole school events, collective worship and enrichment opportunities.

The Equality Act 2010 brought together all the legal requirements on equality that the private, public and voluntary sectors need to follow. It affects equality law at work and in the delivery of all kinds of services and, in the context of this policy, in all aspects of the provision of education.

The Equality Act 2010 requires us to publish information that demonstrates that we have due regard for the need to:

Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct prohibited by the Equality Act 2010

Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it

Foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it.

Carr Lodge Academy 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:

All learners are of equal value

We recognise and respect difference

We foster positive attitudes and relationships and a shared sense of cohesion and belonging.

We observe good equalities practice in staff recruitment, retention and development.

We aim to reduce and remove inequalities and barriers that already exist.

We have the highest expectations of all our children.

We believe that these principles are included in our core values:

INSPIRE - All members of our organisation aim for excellence in their individual professional roles, in our innovative, evidenced-based practice and in our pupils so that we can all fulfil our potential in whatever we aspire to do or be!

INCLUDE - We are concerned with achieving equitable, diverse and quality education for all pupils. Social justice includes a vision of society in which the distribution of resources is equitable and all members are physically and psychologically safe and secure.

INTEGRITY - We always act with integrity. By allowing high levels of autonomy wherever possible, we are able to nurture personalised learning approaches and focus on developing holistic people.

EXCEED - Excellence and enjoyment should be an entitlement for all children and adults working in our Trust. We are developing cutting-edge, research-informed and highly engaging pedagogies that ensure high levels of progress and rapid development of staff; leading to the highest levels of achievement for all!

Information on groups of pupils

In addition to pupils with protected characteristics, we gather further information on the following groups of pupils:

Pupils eligible for Free School Meals (FSM)

Pupils with Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Disadvantaged group

Pupils with English as an Additional Language (EAL)

Young carers

Looked after children

Other vulnerable groups

Through rigorous tracking and monitoring of individuals and of all the groups of children, including progress and attainment, and by providing equal opportunities to access the curriculum and activities, we aim to ensure that any gap in attainment for pupils within any of the above different groups is removed, or at least remains less than the gap nationally.

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 Carr Lodge Academy. ‘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:

Adoption of the single Equality Scheme

Our behaviour policy ensures that all children feel safe at school and addresses prejudicial bullying

Reporting, responding to and monitoring all racist incidents

Regularly monitoring the curriculum to ensure that the curriculum meets the needs of our pupils and that it promotes respect for diversity and challenges negative stereotyping

Teaching is of the highest quality to ensure children reach their potential and all pupils are given equal entitlement to success

Tracking pupil progress to ensure that all children make rapid progress, and intervening when necessary

Ensuring that all pupils have the opportunity to access extra-curricular provision

Listening to and monitoring views and experiences of pupils and adults to evaluate the effectiveness of our policies and procedures.

Advancing equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it 

We advance equality of opportunity by:

Using the information we gather to identify underachieving groups or individuals and plan targeted intervention

Ensuring participation of parents/carers and pupils in school development

Listening to parents/carers

Listening to pupils at all times

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:

Ensuring that Carr Lodge Academy is seen as a community school within our local community

Ensuring that equality, equity and diversity are embedded in the curriculum and in collective worship.

Equality Policy

Further information can be found in our Equality Policy within the policies section of our website.