Equality Objectives 

Please see our Policies Section on this website for our full version Equality Policy.  https://www.prospecthill-jun.notts.sch.uk/policies/

Our Policy complies with the Equality Act 2010.

EQUALITY STATEMENT

Legal Duties

At Prospect Hill Junior School we welcome our duties under the Equality Act 2010.  The general duties are to:

• eliminate discrimination,
• advance equality of opportunity
• foster good relations

We understand the principle of the act and the work needed to ensure that those with protected characteristics are not discriminated against and are given equality of opportunity.  Protected characteristics make up the part of a person’s identity that makes them who they are, such aspects or characteristics are protected from discrimination. Everyone in Britain is protected from unlawful behaviour by the Act.

The protected characteristics are as follows:

• age
• disability
• race
• sex
• gender reassignment
• maternity and pregnancy
• religion and belief
• sexual orientation
• marriage and civil partnership (for employees)

We recognise that these duties reflect international human rights’ standards as expressed in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, and the Human Rights Act 1998. In developing our policy, we have therefore also taken them into consideration.