The Children's Endeavour Trust and Broke Hall CP School are committed to the principle of equality for all pupils irrespective of race, religion, gender, language, disability or family background, and to the active support of initiatives designed to further this principle. We believe that equality is at the heart of good educational practice. All pupils are of equal value and deserve equal access to every aspect of school life.

All schools within Children’s Endeavour Trust (CET) aim to meet their obligations under the public sector equality duty by having due regard to the need to:

● Eliminate discrimination and other conduct that is prohibited by the Equality Act 2010

● Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it

● Foster good relations across all characteristics – between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it.

At Broke Hall CP School we are aware of the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 and understand that it is unlawful to discriminate and treat some people less fairly and to put them at a disadvantage.

Objectives for 2023-2026

In response to analysis of data and their self-evaluation processes, each of the schools in the Trust aim to promote equality, by setting objectives to ensure they are:

● eliminating discrimination

● advancing equality of opportunity

● fostering good relationships

These objectives are integral to building a positive culture and permeate through our schools’ development plans.

As a Trust, we have also chosen to have a set of overarching equality objectives that we will look to achieve over the next three years.

Objective 1: To ensure that all school leaders undertake Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Training.

Success criteria: School leaders will undertake and evaluate this training and identify how this will inform their practice

Objective 2: To improve attendance for pupils with social care involvement, disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND.

Success criteria: A year-on-year improvement in the attendance figures for each group.

Objective 3: To eradicate prejudice related bullying in relation to the protected characteristics listed in the Equality Act 2010 with particular focus on racist and homophobic incidents.

Success criteria: A reduction in the number of racist and homophobic incidents, with the eventual eradication of such incidents.

Objective 3: To reduce the gap in performance of our disadvantaged students against non-disadvantaged students nationally at all stages of education (a key focus in light of school closures during the COVID pandemic)

Success criteria: A reduced gap in the attainment measure for each group.

Objective 4: To reduce the gap in performance of our disadvantaged students against non-disadvantaged students nationally at all stages of education.

Success criteria: A reduced gap in the attainment measure for each group.

Objective 5: To reduce the use of suspensions and exclusions for all pupils, particularly for boys with SEND and/or disadvantaged status.

Success criteria: A reduced frequency of suspensions and exclusions for all pupils, particularly for boys with SEND and/or disadvantaged status.

The CET Equality Policy can be found here.