Churchend Primary Academy
Equity and Equality
Equity and Equality
At Churchend Primary Academy, we realise the importance of ensuring equal opportunity for all children and adults within the diverse community that we serve by promoting equity and equality. We strive for all children and adults to become the best possible versions of themselves by recognising and celebrating the uniqueness in each person, and to remove barriers. In our endeavour to achieve this, the academy will:
- Prepare children for life in a culturally diverse society, where children are confident in understanding their role and responsibilities in the wider world.
- Ensure our curriculum reflects the diversity of our school and local community.
- Ensure all school policies and practices explicitly reflect our diverse community.
- Encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply to work at Churchend Primary Academy, and to encourage BAME staff to further develop their leadership skills.
The right to develop, learn and work in an environment free from discrimination is implicit in our Academy’s ethos and embodied in its mission statement. No member of our academy community shall suffer direct or indirect discrimination on the basis of a protected characteristic.
Equality Objectives
Objective 1
To ensure all vulnerable and disadvantaged pupils, including those eligible for the Pupil Premium Grant, those with SEND, those who are known or were previously known to Children’s Social Care and those who are Looked After, can make good rates of progress to achieve outcomes in line with their peers.
Why we have chosen this objective: It is vital that we close any gaps in learning between the vulnerable and disadvantaged pupils and their peers, in order to, where possible, support them in achieving outcomes in line with their peers.
To achieve this objective, we plan to: Strengthen teaching and learning to promote increased rates of progress; tilt our teaching practice to support those vulnerable and disadvantaged pupils; identify interventions and change of provision to close gaps and increase rates of progress for vulnerable groups.
Progress we are making towards this objective: We are working towards this objective.
Objective 2
To create and deliver a high quality, inclusive and diversity rich curriculum.
Why we have chosen this objective: It is important to all our learners and stakeholders that our curriculum is inclusive and reflects the diverse society in which we live.
To achieve this objective, we plan to: Develop our curriculum to ensure it is a strength; ensure our curriculum is inclusive by monitoring the content of the curriculum, how our learners are affected by it and by monitoring pupil outcomes; use a range of texts, sources, examples etc, to show the diversity of our world to our pupils.
Progress we are making towards this objective: Work has already started on this objective with work undertaken in History and in English.
Objective 3
To create a kind, respectful and inclusive working culture which represents the local community.
Why we have chosen this objective: It is important that our staff stakeholders feel that their working culture is respectful, kind and inclusive. It is important for our pupils that they can see themselves reflected in the nature of the workforce.
To achieve this objective, we plan to: Consider decisions that we take as a school leadership are kind, respectful and inclusive; consider how we can actively promote under-represented groups when advertising roles in our workforce; work with staff to ensure that they feel that the working culture is kind by listening to our stakeholders and responding to feedback; monitor our data (pupil outcomes, attendance, staff absence, exclusions etc) to ensure that individuals with protected characteristics are not disproportionately represented (or are reducing rapidly); ensure that all staff and pupils behold the Churchend values and display them to all members of our community; and have an open door policy for staff and pupils.
Progress we are making towards this objective: This is an ongoing priority and we are working towards this objective.
Objective 4
To create a safe, open and equitable working and learning environment for all.
Why we have chosen this objective: To ensure that our staff and pupils feel that the school is a safe, open and equitable place for them to work and learn.
To achieve this objective, we plan to: Consider ways in which the school can be safe, open and equitable; provide opportunities to explore different experiences for staff and pupils; ensure that discrimination and harassment does not take place and support staff and children in understanding about protected characteristics; ensure professional learning opportunities are offered and considered without prejudice; and ensure that all staff and pupils behold the Churchend values and display them to all members of our community.
Progress we are making towards this objective: We are working towards this objective.