Equality

Decoy Community Primary School and First Steps Nursery aims to meet its obligations under the public sector equality duty by having due regard 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

The Equality Act 2010 requires schools to publish specific and measurable equality objectives.

To read Decoy Community School's 'Equality Information and Objectives Policy' click here

Decoy's equality objectives are based on analysis of data and other school-based evidence. The equality objectives focus on areas of development to improve equality and tackle disadvantages. We regularly review the progress we are making to meet our equality objectives.

AIM	ACTION	PERSONNEL	RESOURCES	TIME SCALES
To monitor and analyse pupil achievement by race, gender and disability and act upon any trends or patterns in this data that require additional support for pupils; ensuring that groups of pupils have equality of opportunity and performance variations between groups are diminished.	Weekly SLT meetings Termly data drops and pupil progress meetings Targeted Interventions See PP strategy for PP actions See SEND provision map for SEND actions See EAL action plan for EAL actions	HT SLT Class teachers	Insight Data analysis Minutes from Governor’s meetings VCM meetings	Ongoing monitoring
To ensure the full inclusion of children experiencing emotional or mental health difficulties in all aspects of school life. Improved mental health should in turn lead to improved attendance across the school.	TA CPD Development of the Forest School and outdoor learning provision Targeted extra-curricular opportunities Positive Playtimes – resourcing to ensure active engagement during playtime periods	SENDCO Pastoral support team	Forest school budget PTA funding support Attendance data	2023-24 possible PTA fundraising project 2024-25 focus on positive playtimes
To develop the curriculum to ensure that pupils experience rich learning opportunities which explore a balance of equality and diversity including women's history, disability history, a range of faiths and non-faiths and BAME projects.	Curriculum review – naming key individuals/events to be covered across the school Increased opportunities for visitors in school More visits to places of cultural significance Participation in cultural events in Devon Partnership working with other schools (locally, nationally and international)	Curriculum Leads HT SLT Class teachers	Curriculum release time for leaders Discovering Christianity and related faith units Curriculum maps, knowledge organisers and knowledge building block progressions	September 2023 – curriculum expectations established by SLT 2023-24 Curriculum reviews (all subjects) 2023-24 At least one assembly visitor per term with a diversity and/or equality focus 2024-25 As above, plus at least one event per term with a diversity and/or equality focus 2024-25 All curriculum plans include a balance of equality and diversity including women's history, disability history, a range of faiths and non-faiths and BAME projects.
To improve provision for pupils for whom English is an additional language, particularly new arrivals at the early stage of English acquisition	EAL lead in role and CPD provided to support them in this role Starter packs for all new EAL families with support materials for basic language and phrases to learn to support the child/ren in school Online translation tools used for communication with parents and pupils Termly monitoring of all EAL pupil confidence	EAL lead	Insight Data analysis Devon LA ETMAS team and website Class Dojo and Website translation tools	2023-24 – EAL role established and lead trained to meet the expectations of the role 2024-25 – whole staff EAL CPD 2024-25 – Starter packs created for new EAL pupils