PROMOTING THE NINE PROTECTED CHARACTERISITICS
The Equality Act became law in 2010. It covers everyone in Britain and protects people from discrimination, harassment and victimisation. Everyone in Britain is protected. This is because the Equality Act protects people against discrimination because of the protected characteristics that we all have. Under the Equality Act, there are nine Protected Characteristics:
Under the Equality Act you are protected from discrimination:
The 9 Protected Characteristics are actively promoted in school through:
Embedding Protected Characteristics into the whole ethos of Sacred Heart promotes:
Catholic schools are welcoming places to pupils and members of staff from all faiths and none. More than a quarter of a million pupils and almost half of teachers in Catholic schools are not of the Catholic Faith.
As part of the Church’s historic agreement with the Government, Catholic schools are allowed to prioritise Catholics in their admissions codes and also reserve specific teaching roles for practising Catholics.
Guidance on the Equality Act and our Equality duties can be found below.
Name | Format | ||
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Files | |||
The_Public_Sector_Equality_Duty_in_England.pdf | |||
Statement_of_Intent_Promoting_Equality_in_the_School_Workforce.pdf | |||
Equality_Act_2010_Guidance_for_Catholic_Schools.pdf | |||
CES_Guidance_Note_Pupils_of_Other_Faiths_in_Catholic_schools.pdf | |||
Catholic_Schools_Children_of_other_faiths_and_community_cohesion.pdf |
PROMOTING THE NINE PROTECTED CHARACTERISITICS
The Equality Act became law in 2010. It covers everyone in Britain and protects people from discrimination, harassment and victimisation. Everyone in Britain is protected. This is because the Equality Act protects people against discrimination because of the protected characteristics that we all have. Under the Equality Act, there are nine Protected Characteristics:
Under the Equality Act you are protected from discrimination:
The 9 Protected Characteristics are actively promoted in school through:
Embedding Protected Characteristics into the whole ethos of Sacred Heart promotes:
Catholic schools are welcoming places to pupils and members of staff from all faiths and none. More than a quarter of a million pupils and almost half of teachers in Catholic schools are not of the Catholic Faith.
As part of the Church’s historic agreement with the Government, Catholic schools are allowed to prioritise Catholics in their admissions codes and also reserve specific teaching roles for practising Catholics.
Guidance on the Equality Act and our Equality duties can be found below.
Name | Format | ||
---|---|---|---|
Files | |||
The_Public_Sector_Equality_Duty_in_England.pdf | |||
Statement_of_Intent_Promoting_Equality_in_the_School_Workforce.pdf | |||
Equality_Act_2010_Guidance_for_Catholic_Schools.pdf | |||
CES_Guidance_Note_Pupils_of_Other_Faiths_in_Catholic_schools.pdf | |||
Catholic_Schools_Children_of_other_faiths_and_community_cohesion.pdf |