Equality and Diversity Statement

Pensford Primary School welcomes a diverse population of both students and staff. In order to consolidate and build upon this diversity, it is essential that equality of opportunity and the absence of unfair discrimination be at the core of all the School’s activities.

Our School Council worked hard to develop our Equalities Charter.  You can click the image to enlarge it.

We believe firmly and strongly in equal opportunities for all, and are pleased to adhere to The Partnership Trust's Equalities Policy, which you can find here.  This includes the equalities objectives, in Section 6.

Our school value of 'happiness' encompasses an ethos in which we want all children and adults to thrive, whatever background and characteristics they happen to have.  We engage our children in this regularly, such as in our consultation with them on which famous people will best represent both a diverse society and our school focus on wellbeing and fairness.

In addition, each member of the school community is responsible for preventing unfair discrimination or harassment or victimisation which it is within their control to prevent; and challenging or reporting such in appropriate behaviour if it occurs.

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We are mindful of the three main elements of Paragraph 5.1 of the Department for Education's non-statutory advice, which explains schools' obligations under the Public Sector Equalities Duty (PSED).  These are to:

• eliminate 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, and between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it.

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