Equality

At Killisick Junior School we aim to promote equality and diversity and tackle any form of discrimination. We seek to remove any barriers to access, participation, attainment and achievement. We will promote community cohesion at school, local, national and global levels and implement all necessary actions in relation to ethnicity, gender, religion or belief and socioeconomic background.

Through our ethos, values and behaviour policy, the School provides a platform to ensure children and young people are given the support to respect themselves and others, and understand their role as a local and global citizen, being aware of the potential issues they face.

The ethos of healthy open relationships, inclusion and treating everyone equally permeates all we do. We place a strong emphasis on our values. We work hard to broaden our students' experience, to prepare them for life and work in contemporary Britain. We teach them to respect and value the diversity around them as well as understanding how to make safe, well considered decisions through our approach.

Child on Child abuse will not be tolerated or passed off as banter or part of growing up.
Tackling discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender identity (gender reassignment and transgender), pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex (gender) or sexual orientation.
Advancing equality of opportunity.
Creating good relations between different groups

Public Sector Equality Duty Data & Equality Objectives

2024-2025 KJS PUBLIC SECTOR EQUALITY DUTY DATA

The Equality Act 2010 requires schools to publish specific and measurable equality objectives. Our equality objectives are based on our analysis of data and demographic. Our equality objectives focus on those areas where we have agreed to take action to improve equality and tackle disadvantages.
Target	Strategies	Outcomes	Timeline
To close the gap between performance of all pupils (across all groups) in the school and pupils nationally	To embed teaching and learning guidelines to ensure at least good teaching throughout the school To embed assessment procedures to ensure robust tracking To hold challenging pupil progress meetings to ensure all pupils are making good progress relative to their starting points To develop specific and targeted interventions to close the gap for identified pupils.	Pupil achieve in line with their peers nationally	Monitoring from September via PPMs
To reduce prejudice and increase understanding of equality through direct teaching across the curriculum and promote understanding and respect for differences	Diverse and representative curriculum model New comprehensive PHSE and RHE curriculum Implement a Representation, Equality and Diversity Framework to regularly and robustly review key areas of school Use whole school assemblies as an opportunity to celebrate festivals of a range of cultures and countries Use events like World Cup, Olympics, WW1 centenary as an opportunity to explore other cultures Assembly offer linked to British values.	Children will talk about other differences with respect and tolerance. Outcomes in RE and PHSE will reflect the teaching. Curriculum offer is representative, equal and diverse.	September 2024 – ongoing. (Reviewed termly)
To promote cultural understanding and awareness of all religious beliefs between different ethnic groups within our school community.	Visits to places of worship Links with schools of other faiths	Pupil perceptions will show that children respect different faiths and cultures. Children participate in assembly discussions showing curiosity and respect. Teachers plans demonstrate RE scheme is being covered across all year groups	RED Framework September 2024. Review July 2025.