Equality

Equality Objectives

Windmill Hill Academy

Equality Information and Objectives

Public Sector Equality Duty (updated 2018)

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

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.

The Trust will take pro-active steps to advance equality of opportunity, foster good relations and eliminate discrimination or harassment across all the protected characteristics (age, race, gender re-assignment, disability, marriage and civil partnership, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity, gender and sexual orientation) within the Trust and school community.

The information provided here aims to demonstrate that we give careful consideration to equality issues in everything we do. "Due regard" ensures that we work towards eliminating discrimination, harassment and victimisation and other conduct that is prohibited by the Equality Act

We will eliminate discrimination and other conduct prohibited by the Act by:

Adoption of appropriate Equality Policy and objectives
Implementation of a behaviour policy which ensures all children feel safe at school and which addresses prejudicial bullying
Reporting and monitoring all racial and prejudicial incidents
Regularly monitor the curriculum to ensure that it meets the needs of our pupils and promotes respect for diversity and challenges negative stereotyping
Ensuring teaching is of the highest quality to ensure all pupils are given equal entitlement to success
Ensuring pupil progress is effectively tracked with interventions carefully planned wen necessary
Ensure all pupils have the opportunity to access extra curricular provision
Listening and monitoring the views and experiences of pupils and adults to evaluate the effectiveness of our work

We will advance equality of opportunity by:

Using information to identify underachieving groups or individuals and plan targeted intervention
Ensuring participation of parents/carers and pupils in school improvement
Listen to parents/carers and pupils

We will foster good relations by:

Ensuring the school is a positive member of the local community
Ensuring equality and diversity are embedded in the curriculum and in collective worhip

Our three Equality Objectives are:

Strategic Objective (SO) 1 – To deliver a coherent inclusive curriculum model which supports achievement for all pupils due to effective analysis of race, gender and disability needs identifying priority trends and pupil group provision needs.

Strategic Objective (SO) 2 – To promote pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, with special emphasis on promoting equality and diversity, and eradicating prejudicial incidents for pupils and staff.

Strategic Objective (SO) 3 – To further develop enrichment opportunities to ensure equity and fairness in access and engagement for all pupils.

For more information and actions we are introducing to improve or equality procedures please see the detailed documents attached below:

ADMAT Equality Policy 03-24 [Review 09-25]

ADMAT Equal Opportunities Policy 03-24 [Review 09-25]

ADMAT EQUALITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN and OBJECTIVES 2024-2025 [Review 09-2025]