The Equality Act 2010 makes it illegal to treat people unfairly because of certain "protected characteristics." 

Protected characteristics are the parts of who someone is that the law protects so they are treated fairly. They include things like a person’s age, if they have a disability, their race or religion, whether they are a boy or girl (sex), their sexual orientation, if they are pregnant or have a baby, if they are married or in a civil partnership, and if they are transgender (gender reassignment). 

This means people should not be treated badly or left out because of any of these things.

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Some of the ways that Protected Characteristics are promoted in school:

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• Our school vision and our School Development Plan

• Our school values

• Our school behaviour policy and restorative approach

• Conscious role modelling by all adults

• Accessibility to the school premises and building e.g. toilets.

• Active engagement and communication with parents and carers

• Assemblies

• Whole-school celebrations including Children in Need & Comic Relief

• Promoting tolerance, individual liberty, friendship and understanding by actively promoting British Values through assemblies and in school life

• Reading through a range of authors and genres

• Promoting inclusion, tolerance, friendship and understanding through different aspects of our curriculum. This includes teaching in RE, PSHE and other subjects.

• Weekly RE & PSHE/RSHE lessons for every year group

• Monitoring and evaluating the attainment and progress of all pupils; looking at the performance of particular groups who share a protected characteristic to compare their performance with those who do not share it.

• Sporting competitions 

• School Council

• Educational experiences and visits

• Guest speakers

• Developing links with the local community

• Extra-curricular activities, sports and enrichment