Northview Primary School
Equality Statement
At Northview Primary School, we welcome everybody into our community. We celebrate diversity and promote a positive culture where everyone can thrive and feel proud of who they are. Our learning environment enables all pupils to make the greatest possible progress in a caring, supportive and fully inclusive environment.
Our school aims to meet its obligations under the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) by having due regard to the need to:
- Eliminate discrimination and other conduct that is prohibited by the Equality Act 2010
- Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it
- Foster good relations across all characteristics – between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it
Our school is committed to equality both as an employer and a service provider:
· Our values of Nurturing and Respect, underpin all our interactions and relationships to ensure that everyone is treated fairly and with respect.
· Discrimination, harassment, and bullying of any kind are not tolerated at our school. We have robust policies and procedures in place to address such issues promptly and effectively.
· Our motivational language to support our values highlights our core behaviour principles of being Kind, Respectful and Honest. It is this language we use to ensure our standards and practices remain inclusive and of high quality.
· We recognise that we all carry unconscious and societal biases and that it is everyone’s responsibility to think about and challenge bias as and when it occurs in a way that supports growth, deepens understanding and promotes learning
· We recognise that people have different needs, and we understand that treating people equally does not always involve treating them all exactly the same.
· We recognise that for some pupils, extra support is needed to help them to achieve and be successful. We have created an inclusive learning environment where all pupils, regardless of their background, abilities, or characteristics, are treated with fairness, respect, and dignity.
