Equality
Christ is the centre of our school community
Where we live, love and learn together.
At St. John's we are committed to equal opportunities and comply with the Equality Act 2010 and the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) Regulations 2011.
Our school population includes a wide range of different community groups and we are dedicated to ensuring that our school is a place where everyone feels welcome and where all pupils can learn. Our consistently high expectations and inclusive teaching practices ensure that St. John's is a school where children can achieve their best.
Our pupils also have a range of different abilities and interests, beliefs and aspirations. Many of our pupils also speak other languages and English is an additional language for them. At St. John's, we want all of our pupils to reach their full potential and thoroughly enjoy their education. The staff at St. John's are experienced in teaching pupils with a wide range of abilities and use a variety of different techniques and intervention programmes to ensure all children can access the curriculum fully.
We are committed to meeting our Public Sector Equality Duty to:
(a) Eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct that is prohibited by or under this Act.
(b) Advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it.
(c) Foster good relations between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it.
We shall achieve this through
- Implementing required policies and procedures
- Ensuring appropriate training for our staff
- School assemblies and special events
- Our curriculum and interaction with all members of our school community
- Our communications, website and publications
- Our ethos and values
- Appropriate oversight by school leaders and Governors
- Our identified school objectives
Equality Objectives 2024-25
In line with the Equalities Act, 2010 and the school’s Equality and Diversity Policy and Public Sector Equality Duty commitment statement, the following objectives demonstrate the school’s focus on providing equal and inclusive educational and non-educational services in a non-discriminatory manner for all members of our school community.
These objectives have been arrived at following discussions with members of the school community, an analysis of pupil progress and a review of the school’s developing population over recent years.
Progress against these objectives will be monitored termly by reports to Governors and will be formally reviewed annually over the next four years. The timescale and procedures for monitoring the objectives may be amended in the light of new guidance or changes to relevant legislation.
For more information please see our Equality and Diversity Policy on our policies page here.
| Objective | Action |
Desired Outcomes |
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| Ensure effective use of Pupil Premium, closely monitoring its impact upon disadvantaged pupils, including those with protected characteristics. |
* Analysis of attainment data inform action plans to further support disadvantaged pupils as necessary.
* Teachers and co-ordinators seek out opportunities to broaden the wide range of experiences our pupils’ have within school.
* Targeted Book Study workshops for Year groups delivered by Liverpool Community Spirit.
* Parent/ Carer Workshops for adults who have EAL to learn English. |
Attainment gaps are closed between our disadvantaged pupils and non-disadvantaged with particular emphasis on Maths.
Disadvantaged pupils experience a wide range of events and enrichment activities that they wouldn’t usually be exposed to.
Parents/ Carers develop their relationship with school staff. Communication between school and parents with EAL is strengthened. |
| To continuously strive for increased numbers of children with SEND to be achieving Age Related Expectation. |
* Targeted, closely monitored SEN support for our SEND pupils to overcome barriers to learning and make the optimal progress they can.
* CPD to equip teachers and support staff with the knowledge and understanding to support a range of SEN needs. |
Maintain and strive to improve our standards so that we are in line or above National data for children with SEND achieving age related expectation at the end of a Key Stage. |
| To improve better understanding and appreciation of diversity and difference in relation to different faith groups and children with disabilities. |
* Learning about other faiths within our RE scheme of Work ‘Come and See’. * Awareness days across the year. * Assemblies. * Neurodiversity celebration. * Liverpool Community Spirit Workshops with KS2 pupils tackling faith phobias, racism and prejudice. |
Our pupils are aware and accepting of the differences between faiths.
Difference is a thing that is celebrated within our school culture. |
Equality and Diversity Curriculum
To see our PSHE curriculum programme overview please click here
Promoting Equality and Diversity
We also promote equality and diversity throughout the year using a variety of Awareness Days-
Autumn Term29th September World Deaf Day October – Black History Month 11th October Yom Kippur (Judaism) 8th October World Dyslexia Day 10th October World Mental Health Day 31st October Diwali (Hindu, Sikh, Jain) 1st November All Saints’ Day (Christian) 11th November Remembrance Sunday 13th November World Kindness Day 11th November Anti Bullying Week 15th Nov Children in Need 1st December First Sunday of Advent (Christian) 25th December - Hanukkah (Jewish) 25th December Christmas Day (Christian) |
Spring Term1st January New Years Day World Day of Peace 4th January World Braille day 6th January Epiphany (Christian) 15th January Martin Luther King Day 29th January Chinese New Year February- LGBT History Month 5th – 11th February Children’s Mental Health Week - 'My Voice Matters' 11th February Safer Internet Day 14th – 20th February Kindness Week 17h – 23rd March Neurodiversity Celebration Week 17th February Random Acts of Kindness Day 4th March Shrove Tuesday 5th March Ash Wednesday 27th February – 12th March Fair Trade Fortnight 28th Feb (expected) Ramadan starts (Islam) 8th March International Women’s Day 17th March St. Patrick’s Day 30th March Mother’s Day 30th March Ramadan ends (Islam) 30th March Eid- Al- Fitr (Islam) 21st March- 22nd March World Water Day 12th – 20th April Passover (Jewish) 18th April Good Friday (Christian) 20th April Easter Sunday (Christian) 14th April Vaisakhi (Sikh) |
Summer Term22nd April Earth Day 23rd April St. George’s Day 6th May - Deaf Awareness Week 8th June Pentecost (Christian) 15th June Father’s Day 20th June World Refugee Day 6th – 10th June (dates may vary) Eid- Al- Adha (Islam)
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Reviewing Equality Objectives.
The review of the progress on our equality objectives will take place annually and will help inform how our school sets new priorities.
PUBLICATION
All equality policies will be published on our website and will be made available both electronically and in a hard copy format.
St John's Catholic Primary School adopt a whole school approach to equality and diversity and consider it important for pupils to learn about equality and human rights. We adhere to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) statement:
‘To reap the full benefits of equality and human rights education, it is essential to teach topics in an environment which respects the rights and differences of both students and teachers. Without an equality and human rights culture within the classroom and school as a whole , learning about these topics can at best appear irrelevant, and at worst, hypocritical. The respect and tolerance it teaches will help staff and pupils create a healthier, happier, fairer school culture and could lead to reductions in bullying and other negative behaviour and improvements in attainment and aspirations’
Stories we use at St John's to support teaching the Equality Act can be accessed through the link below.