Racial Equality Policy
The new Racial Equality policy has been developed and is now available from school.
As a school with predominantly white British children but with an increasing mix of children from other cultures, we understand the need to provide children with positive experiences of other cultures. We are committed to raising the attainment of all our pupils with due regard to their individual, social and personal circumstances. We are committed to challenging racial discrimination and harassment ensuring race equality and equipping all pupils for life in a culturally diverse society
Legal Requirements
The Race Relations Act 1976 prohibits schools from discriminating on grounds of race, colour, nationality or ethnic or national origin.
The Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 places a general duty on schools to:
• eliminate racial discrimination;
• promote equality of opportunity;
• promote good relations between people of different racial groups
The specific duties require us to:
• prepare a written policy on racial equality;
• assess the impact of our policies, including this policy, on pupils, staff and parents of different racial groups including, in particular, the impact on attainment levels of these pupils;
• monitor the operation of our policies through the impact they have on such pupils, staff and parents, with particular reference to their impact on the attainment levels of such pupils.
Tackling Racial Harassment
Any incident of racial harassment is unacceptable in our school. Incidents could take the form of physical assault, verbal abuse, and damage to a pupil’s property or lack of co-operation in a lesson, due to the ethnicity of a pupil. Any adult witnessing an incident or being informed about an incident must follow these agreed procedures:
• stop the incident and comfort the pupil who is the victim;
• reprimand the aggressor/instigator and inform the victim what action has been taken;
• if the incident is witnessed by other pupils, tell them why it is wrong;
• report the incident to the Head Teacher and inform them of the action taken;
• inform the class teacher(s) of both the victim and the aggressor/instigator, then, alongside the Head Teacher, record what happened on the appropriate LA monitoring form;
• inform both sets of parents.