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Equalities information
English Martyrs is committed to meeting its responsibilities under the Public Sector Equality Duty as set out in the Equality Act 2010. In all aspects of school life, we have due regard to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation, advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not, and foster good relations across all characteristics. We publish information and equality objectives on our website and review them regularly in order to promote a culture of inclusion and respect for all pupils, staff, parents and carers
Our Equality Objectives
English Martyrs is committed to meeting its responsibilities under the Public Sector Equality Duty as set out in the Equality Act 2010. In all aspects of school life, we have due regard to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation, advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not, and foster good relations across all characteristics. We publish information and equality objectives on our website and review them regularly in order to promote a culture of inclusion and respect for all pupils, staff, parents and carers
Our Equality Objectives
- Early Years gender and disadvantage
- Advance equality of opportunity by reducing attainment gaps in the Early Years between boys and girls, and between disadvantaged and non‑disadvantaged pupils.
- Eliminate discrimination by ensuring that Early Years provision does not disadvantage pupils because of sex or socio‑economic background.
- KS1 attainment in phonics and core subjects
- Advance equality of opportunity by ensuring girls and disadvantaged pupils in KS1 achieve at least in line with national expectations in phonics and core subjects, while maintaining strong outcomes for boys and non‑disadvantaged pupils.
- Foster good relations by ensuring equal access to early literacy, which underpins wider participation in the curriculum.
- KS2 higher‑standard outcomes for key groups
- Advance equality of opportunity by increasing boys’ higher‑standard attainment in reading and writing, and improving higher‑standard outcomes for non‑disadvantaged and EAL pupils, while sustaining strong performance in mathematics.
- Eliminate discrimination by ensuring equitable access to stretch and challenge for all groups.
- KS2 outcomes for pupils with SEND
- Advance equality of opportunity for pupils with SEND by sustaining strong expected‑standard outcomes and narrowing remaining gaps at the higher standard and in comparatively weaker subjects.
- Foster good relations by demonstrating high expectations and valuing the success of pupils with SEND across the school community.
- Behaviour, relationships and prejudice‑based incidents
- Eliminate discrimination, harassment and victimisation by reducing prejudice‑based incidents (including racist, sexist, homophobic, biphobic, transphobic and disability‑related behaviour).
- Foster good relations by improving pupils’ reported sense of safety, inclusion and mutual respect.
- Participation, leadership and enrichment
- Advance equality of opportunity by monitoring and addressing imbalances in participation in clubs, leadership roles and enrichment activities for pupils by sex, disability/SEND, disadvantage and EAL status.
- Foster good relations by ensuring diverse and mixed‑group participation in visible roles and activities.
