Chantry Middle School is committed to ensuring quality provision throughout our school community. We welcome our duties under the Equality Act 2010 to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations.

We will not discriminate against, harass or victimise any pupil, prospective pupil, or other member of the school community because of their:

⦁ Sex.

⦁ Age.

⦁ Race.

⦁ Disability.

⦁ Religion or belief.

⦁ Sexual orientation.

⦁ Gender reassignment.

⦁ Pregnancy or maternity.

⦁ Marriage and civil partnership.

Our school’s equality objectives should be read in conjunction with the Single Equality and Diversity policy for the Three Rivers Learning Trust.

Our equality objectives 2021-2023 are as follows:

- To promote spiritual, moral, social and cultural development through all appropriate curricular and extra-curricular opportunities, with particular reference to issues of equality and diversity, so as to equip our students with the skills to be thoughtful, caring and active citizens in school and in wider society;

- To ensure that the progress across our curriculum of disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and disabilities matches or is improving towards that of other pupils with the same starting points

- To continually consider how well the school ensures equality of opportunities for all its pupils.

Public Sector Equality Duty	Equality Objectives	Strategies	Who is responsible?	Time frames
Advance equality of opportunity	Make adjustments to the curriculum and enrichment offer within school to create additional opportunities to provide our pupils with the opportunity to succeed	Data analysis carried out to track progress and attainment of students based on different cohorts eg SEND/PP/Gender/EAL and plan intervention as and where appropriate Appointment of Thrive practitioners to support our more vulnerable students Appointment of School Counsellor to help support vulnerable students Pupil premium strategy across the school Extensive range of clubs available to all pupils Opportunities for all extracurricular and enrichment activities open to all students	SLT SENDCO School Counsellor Thirve Team Staff who run clubs	2021 - 2023
Foster good relations	Continued development of links within the local community	Local charities supported by the school Links with local Business and STEM Ambassadors for enrichment activities such as British Science Week/Enterprise day CEIAG/Health and Wellbeing. School website for staff related information Use a range of communication channels (eg twitter, website, bulletins, newsletter) to promote school life to its wider community.	SLT Teaching staff Pastoral Mentor	2021-2023
Eliminate discrimination	Respond to the cohort needs to enable all students and staff to access the premises and the curriculum.	Identification of cohort needs on an ongoing basis, particularly in respect to transition from Y4 to Y5 and new starters Maintain an ethos where all members of the school whether staff or students are valued and respected as individuals. Students, staff and parents know that any misconduct will be challenged (behaviour policy, planner, staff handbook). The School will make reasonable adjustments to meet the needs of disabled pupils and implement an accessibility plan aimed at: increasing the extent to which disabled pupils can participate in the curriculum; improving the physical environment of schools to enable disabled pupils to take better advantage of education, benefits, facilities and services provided; and improving the availability of accessible information to disabled pupils.	SLT SENDCO DLT Pastoral Mentor	2021-2023

Prejudice is not tolerated and we are continuously working towards a more accepting and respectful environment for our school community.

Advance equality of opportunity

Foster good relations

Eliminate discrimination