The Winns Primary School is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity for all pupils, staff and parents/carers which is free from discrimination, prejudice or harassment regardless of race, gender, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, age and socio-economic background.

The school’s culture strives to continue to develop the inclusion and diversity in which all individuals connected to our school feels proud of their identity and ability to fully participate in all aspects of school life. We feel, as educators, we play a crucial role in eliminating all forms of discrimination that The Winns Primary School recognises exists in society currently.

We promote equality and diversity through challenging any discrimination and educating our pupils across a wide variety of topics without prejudice.

At The Winns Primary School we believe and demonstrate that diversity is a strength to be respected and celebrated by all those connected to our school.

 

Our approach to equality is based on the following principles:

1. All learners are of equal value

2. We recognise and respect differences.

3. We foster positive attitudes and relationships and a shared sense of cohesion and belonging.

4. We observe good equalities practice in staff recruitment, retention and development.

5. We aim to reduce and remove inequalities and barriers that already exist.

6. We have the highest expectations of our children.

Information on pupils by protected characteristics

The Equality Act 2010 protects people from discrimination based on protected characteristics. Every person has several of the protected characteristics, so the Act protects everyone against unfair treatment. In order to ensure that all pupils are protected from discrimination, the school collects information on protected characteristics.

Roles and Responsibilities

The Governing Body will:

· Ensure that the equality information and objectives as set out in this statement are published and communicated throughout the school, including to staff, pupils and parents, and that they are reviewed and updated every year.

· Delegate responsibility for monitoring the achievement of the objectives on a daily basis to the Headteacher.

The Headteacher will:

· Promote knowledge and understanding of the equality objectives amongst staff and pupils.

· Monitor success in achieving the objectives and report back to Governors.

 

Demographics of The Winns Primary School

Boys  51.0%

Girls  49.0%

Pupils with SEND:

16.4% (National: 17.1%)

Minority Ethnic Background

School: 62.3%  (National: 37.4%)

EAL

School 45.6%   (National 22.8%)

 

Ethnicities:

White – British	221		37.7%
Any Other Mixed Background	95		16.2%
White Eastern European	90		15.4%
Any Other Asian Background	23		3.9%
Pakistani	23		3.9%
White Western European	23		3.9%
Any Other Black Background	21		3.6%
Turkish/ Turkish Cypriot	13		2.2%
White and Asian	10		1.7%
Black Caribbean	9		1.5%
White – Irish	8		1.4%
Albanian	7		1.2%
Black – Somali	7		1.2%
White Other	6		1.0%
Any Other Ethnic Group	5		0.9%
Indian	5		0.9%
White and Black Caribbean	4		0.7%
Black – Nigerian	3		0.5%
White and Black African	3		0.5%
Bangladeshi	2		0.3%
Chinese	2		0.3%
Other Black African	2		0.3%
Black – Ghanaian	1		0.2%
Greek/ Greek Cypriot	1		0.2%
Roma	1		0.2%
Traveller of Irish Heritage	1		0.2%

 

Actions

The following actions aim to demonstrate that we consider equality issues in everything that we do at The Winns Primary. We are committed to working for equality for all our children, staff, and parents/carers to meet our duties under the Equality Act 2010.

 

Actions taken:

· Our behaviour policy ensures that all children feel safe at school and addresses prejudicial bullying.

· We report, respond to and monitor all racist and homophobic incidents.

· Regular monitoring of the curriculum to ensure that the curriculum meets the needs of our pupils and that it promotes respect for diversity and difference.

· Provision of training and support for teachers to ensure that teaching is of the highest quality to ensure children reach their potential and all pupils are given equal entitlement to success.

· Pupil progress is tracked to ensure that all children make rapid progress and intervention is planned, when necessary.

· All pupils have the opportunity to access extra-curricular provision.

· Views and experiences of pupils and adults are listened to so we can evaluate the effectiveness of our policies and procedures.

Advancing equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it

Actions taken:

· Identify underachieving groups or individuals and plan targeted intervention.

· Encourage all parents/carers to get involved with school events and activities.

· Listen to parents/carers and provide support where needed.

· Listen to pupils at all times and provide support where needed.

Fostering good relations across all characteristics – between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it

Actions taken:

· Ensure that The Winns Primary is seen as an important part of our local community.

· Provide opportunities for all members of the school community to come together and develop relations throughout the school.

· Ensure that equality and diversity are embedded in the curriculum.

Equality Objectives 2022-26

At The Winns Primary, we are committed to ensuring equality of education and opportunity for all pupils, staff, parents and carers, irrespective of race, gender, disability, belief, religion or socio-economic background. In order to further support pupils, raise standards and ensure inclusive teaching, we have set the following objectives:

Objective 1: To monitor and analyse pupil achievement by race, gender and disability and act on any trends or patterns in the data that require additional support for pupils to raise levels of attainment and progress.

Objective 2: To remove the barriers to learning for pupils with SEND and ensure that their progress is in line with other children.

Objective 3: To continue to promote understanding and respect for equality and diversity.

Objective 4: To regularly update the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion calendar to reflect important equality, diversity and inclusion dates across each academic year.

 

EDI working group

Back in September 2022, the school created an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion working group, made up of staff and parents.

The working group meet at various intervals, focusing on the following strands:

– Curriculum

– Parental/ Child’s voice

– Website

– Employment – Attraction, retention and support

– Visitors, visits and broadening horizons

– Staff Development.

Diversity & Inclusion Calendar

We have developed a diversity, inclusion and awareness calendar to highlight important equality, diversity and inclusion dates that occur throughout the year, including holy days, religious festivals, health and well-being awareness days, as well as specific education-focused equality events.  These dates will be highlighted through our curriculum, assemblies, in class discussions and through visits and visitors.  Please click the image below to find out more.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Calendar