Equality Objectives

 

Equality Duty Information
 
Fowlmere Primary School complies with the public sector equality duty guidance for schools in England.

This guidance sets out the general equality duty that schools need to consider when making decisions that affect pupils or staff with different protected characteristics.  This duty has three elements.  In carrying out their functions public bodies are required to have ‘due regard’ when making decisions and developing policies, to the need to: 

Eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation 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 protected characteristics – between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it. 

Having due regard to the need to advance equality of opportunity is defined further in the Equality Act 2010 as having due regard to the need to: 

  • Remove or minimise disadvantages.
  • Take steps to meet different needs.
  • Encourage participation when it is disproportionately low. 
Public Sector Equality Duty
 
The Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) is a legal requirement for public authorities and organisations carrying out public functions. It is a duty on public authorities (including schools) to consciously consider how their policies or decisions affect people who share protected characteristics. Protected characteristics are aspects of a person’s identity that are protected under the Equality Act 2010. The Equality Duty places a duty on public bodies and others carrying out public functions to ensure that public bodies consider the needs of all individuals in their day to day work in shaping policy, in delivering services, and in relation to their own employees.
 

Full details can be found  here The Equality Act 2010 and Schools