Equality and Diversity

ensuring everyone is treated fairly and with respect
promoting equality of opportunity
ensuring that our school is safe, secure and a stimulating environment for everyone
recognising that all people within our community have different needs, and understand that treating people equally means meeting their needs, not necessarily treating everyone in the same way
recognising that for some pupils and staff extra support is needed to help them to achieve and be successful
ensuring that people from different groups are consulted and involved in decisions
ensuring that no individual or groups experience any unlawful direct or indirect discrimination, harassment or victimisation because of their age; any disability they may have; their ethnicity; colour or national origin; their gender; their gender identity or reassignment; their marital or civil partnership status; being pregnant or having recently had a baby; their religion or beliefs; their sexual identity and orientation

To view our Trust Equalities Policy please click HERE

To achieve this objective we plan to use our resources in school to:

have students complete our Bridge programme in KS3, and ensure that the correctly identified students have Study Support and follow the ASDAN course at KS4
deploy the LSA’s to support students with learning programmes in and out of lessons
review and develop our CPDL programme with a focus on meeting the needs of vulnerable students (SEMH) and those with learning disabilities
ensure that student Learning Passports are reviewed regularly and used by staff to support them
promote and encourage the students to become more involved in the co-curricular programme of the school, including taking on leadership roles
continuing our engagement with parents/carers through Structured Conversations, whilst working with external agencies (CAMHS, Educational Psychologists, Early Help)

To achieve this objective we plan to use our resources in school to:

analyse student achievement and Inclusion data in all year groups, by SLT and the LGB
plan activities that encourage “Reading for Pleasure” , led by the Librarian and Assistant Headteacher
encourage staff to provide enrichment activities and additional learning resources that will raise the achievement of Disadvantaged students (ongoing)
monitor the quality of marking and feedforward
promote and encourage this group of students to become more involved in the co-curricular programme of the school, including taking on leadership roles
continuing our engagement with parents/carers through Structured Conversations, whilst working with external agencies (CAMHS, Educational Psychologists, Early Help) (Sept 2019)

To achieve this objective we plan to use our resources in school to:

analyse student achievement and Inclusion data in all year groups by SLT and the LGB
reviewing the curriculum offer, after monitoring the KS4 and KS5 outcomes for students
include non-bias training in our CPL programme
continuing our engagement with parents/carers through Structured Conversations, whilst working with external agencies (CAMHS, Educational Psychologists, Early Help)

To achieve this objective we plan to use our resources in school to:

Review the Code of Conduct, with feedback from staff and students on an annual basis
Implement the updated procedures,
update the CPL programme with half termly updates for staff, and termly updated for students
use the whole school survey to monitor responses to the updated procedures
Provide relevant training such as "trauma training" and "unconscious bias" training
enable the LGB to monitor the effectiveness of the Code of Conduct