Public Sector Equality Duty | Canterbury Nursery School

Public Sector Equality Duty Statement

Public bodies such as schools have a duty, under the 2010 Equality Act, to ensure they promote equality within their organisation and our statement sets out how we endeavour to achieve this. Of course, we consider this to be not just a legal duty but a moral one as well. A belief in the right of every single person to be treated with equal dignity and compassion alongside equal legal protection is fundamental to the ethos that underpins everything we do in school.

The Equality Act makes explicit our responsibility to have due regard to the need to:

Eliminate discrimination and other conduct that is prohibited by the Act
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 a characteristic.

In this respect, a protected characteristic could include characteristics such as race, disability, sex, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity and gender reassignment.

We also seek to recognise that the way in which we treat people is linked to the way we treat the environment in which we live, and the other species who share the planet with us. As a school, we are in the privileged position of supporting equality in our current practices, whilst also helping children to develop and embed the principles of equality and responsibility that will best promote this in the longer term.

Our Objectives:

Objective 1: To continue to develop the setting to ensure all children, including those with complex SEND needs can access high quality learning and experiences in an inclusive environment.

Objective 2: To look after staff health and well being to ensure staff are kept safe from bullying, exclusion and inequality and respond promptly to signs of inequality and bullying and inappropriate behaviour.

Objective 3: To ensure our curriculum enables children to be aware of, appreciate and value difference and diversity so every child can belong and achieve.

Our Equality Policy and Objectives covers some of the main ways in which we seek to implement our moral and legal responsibilities to ensure equality within school. A copy can be found in our 'Policies and Procedures' section.