Equality

Thurton CE Primary is an inclusive school, founded on Christian teachings, where we actively promote a Team Thurton spirit throughout our school community. By showing and living by the value of Togetherness we believe that all members of our community are of equal worth.

 ^‘If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honoured, all rejoice together with it.’   1 Corinthians

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.

Aims:

 Our school aims to meet its obligations under the public sector equality duty by having due regard to the need to:

• Eliminate discrimination and other conduct that is 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 across all characteristics – between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it

Statements:

• We do not discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone, be they members of staff or pupils, on the grounds of their gender, age (accepting that some opportunities are appropriate for particular year groups of children), race, religion or belief, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital / civil partnership status, or in the event of pregnancy / maternity. This is in line with legislation: The Equality Act (2010) which covers both direct and indirect discrimination.
• We promote the principles of fairness, tolerance and inclusion through the education that we provide in our school.
• We ensure that all pupils have equal access to the full range of educational opportunities provided by the school.
• We constantly strive to remove any forms of indirect discrimination that may form barriers to learning.
• We ensure that all recruitment, employment, career progression and training opportunities are fair to all, and provide opportunities for everyone to achieve.
• We challenge stereotyping and prejudice whenever it occurs.
• We celebrate the cultural diversity of our community and show respect for all.
• By challenging prejudice and stereotyping through positive educational experiences and support for each individual’s point of view, we promote positive social attitudes and respect for all.

Equality objectives:

We are determined to ensure that this policy impacts our school life and have the following objectives in improving our opportunities for all:

• Raise awareness of diversity within our school community, the local community and the wider world.
• Continue to develop curriculum areas (including collective worship, RHSE and topic learning) to promote opportunities to learn about equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Continue to ensure all children to have access to as many wider curriculum opportunities as reasonably possible e.g. residential visits, music lessons and sporting activities/clubs
• Continue to create opportunities for all children to participate in school visits or events which promote inclusion and diversity. E.g. Visiting the Mosque in Cambridge or the Synagogue in Norwich.
• Maintain the low level (0%) of prejudice related discrimination in relation to the protected characteristics
• Continue to operate safer recruitment procedures to ensure that no one is discriminated against when applying to join the school staff

Read the full Equality Policy 2024 here.

A copy of our Equal Opportunities in Employment Policy can be sent on request.