Equality Information
We are committed to high achievement for all children, supporting pupils and families in ensuring the very best of opportunities are available to them.
As an inclusive community, we are deeply committed to removing the barriers to learning and participation that can hinder or exclude individual pupils, or groups of pupils. Equality of opportunity is a reality for all our children within school and our dedicated staff team work relentlessly to ensure that all children have the right to a fulfilling learning experience, regardless of their social background, ethnicity, academic ability or health. This includes support to all our parents, through workshops, courses and drop-in meetings, as we understand the vital role our families play in the well-being and development of their children and the importance of working together as a team.
At Greenlands we firmly believe that all children have an entitlement to be educated alongside their peers in their local community and are committed to upholding the following school Equality Objectives:
- Embed equality, diversity and inclusion throughout the Greenlands curriculum so that pupils understand, respect and value all protected characteristics.
- Ensure that all Greenland recruitment and selection processes are fair, transparent and free from bias, ensuring equal opportunity for applicants with protected characteristics.
- Review all Greenland school policies, procedures and key decisions to ensure they do not disadvantage individuals or groups with protected characteristics.
- Strengthen inclusive practice so that pupils with SEND and other vulnerabilities experience equitable access to the curriculum and wider school life.
Greenlands Primary School is part of Cygnus Academies Trust
We recognise that the public sector equality duty has three aims. These aims are to:
- Eliminate unlawful 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.
The Trust is the responsible body under the Equality Act 2010 and publishes equality information and objectives on its website. These objectives apply to all schools within the Trust, including Greenlands Primary School.
Locally, we promote equality and inclusion through our curriculum, behaviour expectations, SEND provision, accessibility planning and safeguarding arrangements.
Equality information is monitored through pupil outcomes, attendance, behaviour and safeguarding data, analysed by key characteristics including SEND, disadvantage, gender and ethnicity. This informs school improvement priorities and trustee oversight.
Our Cygnus Equalities Annual Statement can be found here
Our Cygnus Public Sector Equality Objectives Policy can be found here
- Equality objective 1: Ensure equality and diversity is reflected across the curriculum and protected characteristics are explicitly taught.
- Equality objective 2: Ensure that during staff recruitment, potential candidates with protected characteristics are not directly or indirectly discriminated against
- Equality objective 3: Ensure that all policies, practices and activities are carefully assessed to monitor the impact on people with protected characteristics.
