Castle Hill Equality Duty
At Castle Hill High School we welcome our duties under the Equality Act 2010.
The school’s general duties, with regards to equality are:
- Eliminating discrimination.
- Fostering good relationships.
- Advancing equality of opportunity.
We will not discriminate against, harass or victimise any student, prospective student, member of staff or other member of the school community because of their:
- Age
- Disability
- Gender reassignment
- Marriage and civil partnership
- Pregnancy and maternity
- Race
- Religion or belief
- Sex
- Sexual orientation
Castle Hill High School aims to promote students’ spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development, with special emphasis on promoting equality, diversity and eradicating prejudicial incidents for pupils and staff. Our school is committed to not only eliminating discrimination, but also increasing understanding and appreciation for diversity.
Castle Hill High School recognises that certain groups in society have historically been disadvantaged on account of unlawful discrimination they have faced on the basis of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
Our Equality Policy outlines a range of actions to eliminate prejudice, unlawful discrimination and victimisation within the school community and workforce.
the equality act 2010 protected characteristics poster 2019087.pdf
Equality Objectives 2024-2025
Whilst continuously aiming to improve the implementation of equality related policies and procedures, Castle Hill High School has identified the following specific objectives for the school year 2023-2024:
- To refine the recording and reporting processes for discrimination, this will include providing a processes map that will be shared with pupils, staff and parents.
- To ensure adequate training is provided to staff, pupils and parents, the aim being to share the same consistent message across all stakeholders with regard to discrimination towards those with protected characteristics.
- To offer further staff training around effective challenge so that all discrimination is being tackled appropriately.
- To review and refine curriculum content and audit resources to ensure that all subject areas are fully inclusive of all people.
- To ensure all staff are aware of the anti-racism agenda that is being endorsed by the Local Authority.
- To further increase staff awareness of the LGBTQ+ agenda through the application for the Rainbow Flag Award. The aim being to ensure staff understand how to model appropriate behaviour and how to deal with homophobic incidents.
- To continue to review provision for pupils with physical disabilities and mobility issues and ensure that curriculum and wider school experience is fully accessible.
