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.

Equality Policy

the equality act 2010 protected characteristics poster 2019087.pdf

Equality Objectives 2025-2026

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 2025-2026:

To have transparent systems in place for the recording and reporting processes for discrimination, this will include providing a processes map that will be shared with pupils, staff and parents.
To modify and refine the workshops that are offered to pupils following any discrimination based incident.
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 continue to ensure all staff aware of the anti-racism agenda that is being endorsed by the Local Authority.
To further increase staff and pupil awareness of the LGBTQ+ agenda through staff training and the PSHE curriculum. The aim being to ensure staff understand how to model appropriate behaviour and how to deal with homophobic incidents.
To tackle key issues around misogyny through staff training, pupil workshops and curriculum content.
To continue to review provision for pupils with physical disabilities and mobility issues and ensure that curriculum and wider school experience is fully accessible.