At Sutton-on-Sea Primary School, we are committed to valuing diversity by providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all school stakeholders. We work hard to provide good employment practice as we value and support our hardworking and conscientious school personnel. We understand that the Equality Act 2010 combines and builds upon the existing legislation covering discrimination and promotion of equality of opportunity and replaces all previous policies and legislation relating to Race Equality, Gender Equality and Disability Equality.

We recognise that this Act brings together into one Act those areas now known as ‘protected characteristics’ that qualify for protection from discrimination such as age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We are opposed to any direct or indirect discrimination against individuals or groups whatever their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

We believe it is our legal duty under the Equality Act 2010 to minimise the distress and disruption to those pupils and school personnel who are transgender by ensuring we eliminate all forms of discrimination, advance equality of opportunity, promote good relations between different people and to support the rights and needs of trans people to live their lives in their true gender. We all have a responsibility to ensure equality and diversity permeates in to all aspects of school life and that everyone is treated equally irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We want everyone connected with this school to feel safe, secure, valued and of equal worth.

We work hard to build strong and trusting relationships with our pupils and their families. We welcome the diversity of family lifestyles and work with all families and encourage them to take an active inclusive part in the life of this school. We work closely with outside agencies to meet the diverse needs of pupils such as medical, cultural and dietary requirements. We ensure all pupils are prepared for living within a diverse society with increasing global connections and controversial issues.

We have high expectations of all pupils from across the ability range by aiming to provide them with every opportunity to succeed by providing the highest standards of teaching and learning within a curriculum that is broad, balanced, differentiated, relevant and exciting. We monitor the attainment and achievement of all pupils in order to inform the planning and provision of support to individuals and groups of pupils. We want all pupils to achieve their expected targets.

We ensure equality and diversity is embedded in all areas of the curriculum. We work hard to give pupils opportunities to explore prejudice and discrimination, and to positively explore difference in relation to race/ethnicity, religion/belief, gender, disability. We encourage pupils to develop positive attitudes about themselves as well as to people who are different from themselves. We ensure that all pupils have equal and full access to learning and that the curriculum is inclusive of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, and pupils learning English as an additional language. We aim to provide admission places for all pupils who express a preference to join this school. We consider all applications for admission as we are an inclusive school and we will not discriminate against any child or their family.

We work hard to offer equality of opportunity and diversity to all groups of pupils within school such as children:

• from both sexes;
• who have Special Educational Needs;
• who are looked after;
• from minority faiths, ethnicities, travellers, asylum seekers, refugees;
• who are gifted and talented;
• who are at risk of disaffection;
• who are young carers;
• who are sick;
• who have behavioural, emotional and social needs;
• from families who are under stress.

Please click the link below to view our school's Equality Statement.

 

Equality Statement 2025

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