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Catchgate Primary School, Blackett Street, Annfield Plain, Stanley, County Durham, DH9 8LX
Catchgate
Primary School
Catchgate Primary Schools’ provision of the public sector equality duty
Date – 17th March 2022
Catchgate Primary School are committed to equality. We aim for every pupil to fulfil their potential no matter what his/her background or personal circumstances.
We maintain the aim of embedding principles of fairness and equality across our entire curriculum, in assemblies and acts of collective worship, in break and lunchtimes, in pastoral support and in before and after school activities.
We must under the general duty of public sector equality duty, in the exercise of our functions, have due regard to the need to:
This will apply to all pupils, staff and others using the facilities. We will give relevant and proportionate consideration to the public sector equality duty.
The protected characteristics for the school’s provisions are:
Age and marriage and civil partnership are NOT protected characteristics for the school’s provisions for pupils.
We will have due regard to advancing equality of opportunity including making serious consideration of the need to
We will take into account the six Brown principles of ‘due regard’
We welcome the opportunity to be transparent and accountable. To this end we fulfil the specific duties of the Act by:
We aim to make the information accessible, easy to read and easy to find.
Equality Information:
We maintain confidentiality and work to data protection principles. We publish information in a way so that no pupil or staff member can be identified.
Staff
Age | Figures change – we comply with our equality duty. |
Disability | 72% staff gave information. 0% of staff recorded a disability. We ensure reasonable adjustments are made where appropriate. |
Gender reassignment | We support any staff member towards gender reassignment. |
Marriage & civil partnerships | Figures change – we comply with our equality duty. |
Pregnancy and maternity | Figures change – we comply with our equality duty. |
‘Race’ / ethnicity | 72% staff gave information Our staff profile comprises of 100% White British of those providing information. |
Religion and Belief / no belief | 72% staff gave information Our staff profile comprises: Church of England, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Agnostic and atheist |
Sex – male/female | 76% female 24% male |
Sexual orientation | We support all staff members regardless of sexual orientation |
Pupils:
Age | We have pupils aged from 2 to 11 years old in our school. 30.3% of pupils provided information. |
Disability | 7.1% of pupils recorded a disability. We ensure reasonable adjustments are made where appropriate.
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Gender reassignment | We support any pupil towards gender reassignment.
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Pregnancy and maternity | We comply with our equality duty and have planned to deliver education on site if and when required, or offer a place at the Young Parent Group run by the SEND & Inclusion Service.
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‘Race’ / ethnicity | 30.3% people gave this information
90.5% are White British 7.1% are Black African 1.2% are Any other white background 1.2% are White and Asian
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EAL (English as an Additional Language) | 1 Child is registered as EAL 1 out of 285 0.35% |
Religion and Belief / no belief | 30.3% of pupils gave information, of whom: 66.7% are recorded as having No Religion 28.6% are Christian 2.4% are Muslim 2.4% preferred not to say. |
SEND | 14.8% of pupils identified with a Special Educational Need.
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Sex – male/female | 39.3% female 60.7% male
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Sexual orientation | We support all pupils regardless of sexual orientation
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Pupil Premium | 49.7% pupils eligible for Pupil Premium
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We will update our equality information at least annually and publish on the school website.
Equality Objectives 2019 – 2023
Our equality objectives are:
We will update our equality objectives every four years and publish them on our school website.
We will review progress on these objectives annually and this paperwork will be held within school.
We adopt a whole school approach to equality and consider it important for pupils to learn about equality and human rights. We adhere to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHCR) statement:
‘To reap the full benefits of equality and human rights education, it is essential to teach topics in an environment which respects the rights and differences of both students and teachers. Without an equality and human rights culture within the classroom and school as a whole, learning about these topics can at best appear irrelevant, and at worst, hypocritical. The respect and tolerance it teaches will help staff and students create a healthier, happier, fairer school culture, and could lead to reductions in bullying and other negative behaviour, and improvements in attainment and aspirations.
Though the Act refers to ‘race’, the use of ethnic/ cultural origin, background or heritage is often more appropriate
Catchgate Primary School, Blackett Street, Annfield Plain, Stanley, County Durham, DH9 8LX