Hindley Junior & Infant School

Argyle Street, Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire WN2 3PN   01942 255339   07759 969879
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Equality

”It’s important that we treat everyone, the way that we want them to treat us.”
(Zac, Year 5)
'The world would be boring if everyone was the same, wouldn't it?'
(Florence, Year 5)



Hindley Junior and Infant School is proud to be an inclusive school that celebrates diversity and champions equality. We welcome all children, staff, families and visitors and we pride ourselves on treating others as we would like to be treated ourselves. In return, we expect that all people in our school community to behave in a manner which respects the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010.

 

At Hindley Junior and Infant School, we promote an ethos that recognises and respects diversity in all its forms.  We understand that the distinctive combination of experience, heritage, culture, language, race, ethnicity, religion, beliefs, gender, age, and physical and mental ability forms our individual identities and it is these differences make us unique. We aim for all children to be equipped with the skills to become productive, happy and healthy members of society. We understand that children need to be prepared to meet the challenges and reap the benefits of the increasingly diverse world they will inherit, and that this journey starts at Hindley Junior and Infant School.

 

EQUALITY ACT 2010 The act defines nine “protected characteristics”. They are: 
  1. age;
  2. disability;
  3. gender reassignment;
  4. marriage and civil partnership;
  5. pregnancy or maternity;
  6. race;
  7. religion or belief;
  8. sex;
  9. sexual orientation.

     

    The characteristic “race” includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origin. The characteristic “religion” also includes religious or philosophical belief or lack of religion or belief. The act rules against direct discrimination whereby a person is treated less favourably in relation to one of the protected characteristics than they would otherwise be treated. If the protected characteristic is race for example, less favourable treatment includes segregation from others.

    The act also identifies indirect discrimination, whereby a provision, criterion or practice is applied which discriminates in relation to a relevant protected characteristic, and in so doing, puts someone at a disadvantage and is not a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim. The act also defines harassment as engaging in unwanted conduct which violates a person’s dignity or creates an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for that person, due to one of the protected characteristics.


Whist we wholeheartedly respect and embrace our diversity, we recognise that the current demographic of our school and local community is not necessarily a true representation of wider communities within the UK.

Therefore, we are pro-active in educating ourselves, our children and our families around equality and diversity issues that we may or may not be personally be affected by.
Hindley Junior and Infant School is committed to ensuring equality of provision throughout the school community.
 

 

 

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