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Equality and Diversity

CPS recognises our obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and is committed to equality, values diversity and actively supports practises that promote genuine equality of opportunity for all staff and children.

We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination, bullying and harassment and will make every effort to comply with the requirements of the Act and its subsequent provisions.

We comply with SEND Regulations 2014 and make our curriculum accessible for those with disabilities or special educational needs.

We aim to meet our obligations under the public sector equality duty by having due regard to the need to:

  • eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and 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; and
  • foster good relations across all characteristics – between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it.
Promoting the 9 Protected Characteristics

We strive to ensure our children understand:

  • There are no outsiders at Claygate
  • Everyone is different
  • We celebrate difference
  • We are all equal in our difference
The 9 Protected Characteristics:

Under the Equality Act, there are nine Protected Characteristics:

  1. Age
  2. Disability
  3. Gender reassignment
  4. Race
  5. Religion or belief
  6. Marriage or civil partnership
  7. Sex
  8. Sexual orientation
  9. Pregnancy and maternity
We champion diversity and inclusion and embed the Protected Characteristics into the whole school ethos at Claygate Primary School by:
  • Embedding a values-based curriculum
  • Delivering whole school assemblies linked to diversity and equality, promoting the protective characteristics including high quality texts which promote diversity and inclusion
  • Reading and discussing picture books and stories encouraging respect and developing understanding of diversity. 
  • Adopting a differentiated and adapted learning experience and environment for those with special educational needs and disabilities- supported by robust inclusion, equality and diversity policies and practises.
  • Developing children’s self-esteem, self-knowledge, self-confidence and resilience
  • Understanding and celebrating differences and acknowledged the strengths of others
  • Embedding a culture of respect for democracy and support for participation in the democratic process e.g. school council
  • Using restorative approaches to support children to take responsibility for their own behaviour and to teach children to make good choices
  • Teaching children to have respect for their own and other cultures. We are a multiculturally diverse school and celebrate all main festivals such as Christmas, Diwali and Eid and have an annual International week. We teach children that difference should not be the cause of prejudicial or discriminatory behaviour
  • Promoting an understanding of how we can all contribute positively to school and home life and to the lives of our local community e.g. singing at the care home, harvest festival collection, young carers
  • Having an understanding of Equality, Human Rights and Protected Characteristics, which is developed through staff CPD
  • An understanding that we have the freedom to choose and hold other faiths and beliefs is protected in law e.g. Values and RE curriculum,
  • Developing an understanding of the importance of identifying and combating discrimination
  • Working with parents to take an active part in identifying barriers and informing school leaders of actions that can be taken to eradicate these
  • We have the highest expectations for all our children and staff, and the wider community to ensure all children can Grow Together.

At CPS, we achieve this through:

  • Our school vision and ethos statements, SDP, and SEF
  • Our school core values
  • Our school behaviour policy
  • Conscious role modelling by all adults in the school community
  • Active engagement and communication with parents and carers
  • The promotion of British Values in school life
  • Developing a love of reading through a range of authors and genres
  • Discussion within curriculum subjects, taking a cross-curricular approach, for example when we learn about relationships in RSE
  • Promoting articulation by building appropriate language and a coherent vocabulary
  • The Curriculum; Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE) sessions and RSE lessons, Religious Education (RE) lessons and assemblies
  • Sporting competitions – inter and intra competitions
  • Art projects and visits
  • School Council
  • Educational experiences and visits
  • Real-life learning outside the classroom
  • Extra-curricular activities, after-school clubs, charity work and work within the local community
  • Safer recruitment, retention and staff development

We collect and analyse the following data to assess the impact of our Equality Policy. The data is recorded on our CPOMs system and the main areas we assess are:

  • Admissions
  • Attendance
  • Exclusions
  • Outcomes
  • Racial incidents
  • Bullying incidents
  • Homophobic incidents
  • Any other prejudice related incidents

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