The Equality Act 2010 was introduced to ensure protection from discrimination, harassment and victimisation on the grounds of specific characteristics (referred to as protected characteristics). For schools, this means that it is unlawful to discriminate against students or treat them less favourably because of their gender, race, disability, religion or belief, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity. Marriage and civil partnerships and age are also 'protected characteristics', but do not apply to our provision for pupils.
Under the Act, the school is expected to comply with the Public Sector Equality Duty. This requires us to:
As a public organisation, we are required to: