Staff and Governors at Georgeham CofE Primary School are committed to ensuring equality of education and opportunity for all within our school community.
One of our school values is that We Are A Community. We encourage a sense of belonging and responsibility towards each other, and endeavour to develop a culture of inclusion and diversity.
We aim to meet our obligations by ensuring there is equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it, irrespective of any protected characteristic. *
‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ (Matthew 22 v.39)
* Protected characteristic, defined as: age; disability; religion or belief; race, nationality or ethnicity; sexual orientation; gender, or gender reassignment; or marital status, pregnancy or on maternity leave.
Our Equality Objectives are to:
- Deal with and eliminate prejudiced based incidents
- Close the gap in attainment
- Engage with local communities
- Promote equality (and address inequalities) in our policies and practice
Our school values also drive us to ensure that we:
- Treat all staff and children fairly and
- Create an inclusive culture for all staff and children
- Ensure equal access to opportunities
- Make certain that learning materials do not discriminate against any individuals or groups
- Ensure policies, procedures and processes promote equality and diversity.
- Support national campaigns.
- Engage with our local community, and beyond.
- Foster good relations across all characteristics – between people who share a protected characteristic, and people who do not share it.
- Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic* and people who do not share it.
- Eliminate discrimination and other conduct prohibited by the Act.
For more information, please refer to our Policies page.