Colston’s Girls’ School Equality Objectives 2014/15
Aspect of the Equality Duty
Protected Characteristic Race
Protected Characteristic Disability
Issue identified
Exclusion rates for minority
communities.
Raiseonline identified exclusions
rates as being significantly higher
than average for Black Caribbean
Students (13.04%) and ‘Other
Black Students’ (DfE census
category) (33.33%)
Absence rates for SEN students
Absence rates and persistent
absenteeism for SEN students was
significantly above those of the
rest of the school in 2013/14
(no identified SEN: 3.3%, SEN
without a statement 6.7%)
Timescale and lead
person
Example activities
How will we measure
progress
July 2015, RED
 Positive behaviour
management
 Family engagement
 External agency support
 Alternative strategies to
exclusion
 New behaviour policy
July 2015, RED
Absence rates for SEN
 New attendance policy
students will be below 5%
and process, highlighting
for 2014/15
interventions
 Identification and specific
monitoring if SEN students
 Identifying students
where relevant and
interviewing to
understand barriers to
attendance
 Rewards system to
reinforce positive
attendance figures
 Parental engagement to
support school
attendance policies
Exclusion rates to be
monitored for 2014/15 to
ensure that the rates for
those groups identified are
not significantly above the
school average
Colston’s Girls’ School Equality Objectives 2014/15
Protected Characteristics –
Race
Parental Access to school
communications
EYO, September 2015
April 2015 – other languages
identified
A significant proportion of parents
do not speak English as a first
language. This impacts upon their
ability to engage with the school
and support their daughter’s
education, inevitably impacting
upon the progress of the students
Protected Characteristic Disability
Low progress and attainment for
SEND students
September 2015 – written
translation service available
for top 3 other languages
September 2015 - process
for oral translation service in
place
LTE, September 2015
 Teaching and learning
support
 Planning strategies
deployed by teachers
 Appropriate support and
mentoring
 Explicit monitoring of
progress and equivalent
interventions
Progress figures for SEN
students at GCSE will be
above the national mean
AP, September 2015
 Provide separate
evaluation point for each
policy against equality
policy
 Actively mark each policy
for this evaluation
By September 2015 all
policies that have been
reviewed or re-written will
have been reviewed against
the Equalities Policy with this
clearly indicated on each and
every policy
Notwithstanding the relatively
small cohorts, SEN (school action)
and SEN (statement) progress
figures both below national mean
at 998.4 and 859.7 respectively
Protected Characteristic - All
School policies being evaluated to
ensure they fully adhere to the
requirements of the school
equalities policy
Colston’s Girls’ School Equality Objectives 2014/15
Protected Characteristic - All
Protected Characteristic - All
A school policy was identified as
being in breach of our
responsibilities in terms of the
protected characteristics of sexual
orientation. A clear approach to
reviewing each policy against
equality objectives is required
All groups see their cultures and
context celebrated within the
school environment
CGS has grown significantly in
terms of its diverse community,
and opportunities need to be
provided to share and celebrate
our differences in order to
strengthen our community and
ensure that all are valued
Equality needs to be discussed and
celebrated more widely in the
school
The wider school community
needs to be engaged with equality
issues, with representative of all
members of the community
 Where necessary refer to
external agencies for
support
 Test each policy against all
8 protected characteristics
AP January 2016
 Assemblies
 Diversity weeks
 Participation on local
community events
 Themed dining
 Extension of co-curricular
activities
By January 2016 at least 4
specifically themed diversity
events will have taken place
AP October 2015
 Establish an equality
committee, made up of
members from all sections
of the CGS community
Committee is established