Equality Objectives
At St George, we believe that every human person is made in the image and likeness of God. This is a gift that we all share as fellow human beings; we are all infinitely loved by our Creator. God is present in every human person, regardless of religion, culture, nationality, orientation or economic standing. Each one of us is unique and beautiful. We are called to treat every person and every creature with loving respect.
St George Catholic College aims to meet its obligations under the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) by having due regard to the need to:
- Eliminate discrimination and other conduct that is prohibited by the Equality Act 2010. The protected characteristics are:
- Age
- Disability
- Gender reassignment
- Marriage and civil partnership
- Pregnancy and maternity
- Race
- Religion or belief
- Sex
- Sexual orientation
- 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
In fulfilling this aspect of the duty, the school will:
- Publish attainment data each academic year showing how pupils with different characteristics are performing
- Analyse the data referenced above to determine strengths and areas for improvement, implement actions in response and publish this information
- Make evidence available identifying improvements for specific groups (e.g. incidents of racist language, homophobic or transphobic bullying)
- Publish further data about any issues associated with particular protected characteristics, identifying any issues which could affect our own pupils
St George Catholic College is committed to ensuring equality of provision throughout the school community. To achieve this, our equality objectives are as follows:
Equality Objectives 2024 – 2028
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Equality Objective |
Success criteria |
How we will do it |
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To ensure staff and students are confident in challenging and reporting instances of prejudicial language, behaviour and discrimination
College Development Plan 2024-25) |
Staff are trained in how to challenge, report and sanction PLAB, and both staff and students’ confidence in doing this improves. |
Staff training – what is prejudicial language / behaviour, how to report it and ensure consistency of sanctions. Focus groups of students (gender, race, religion) and annual staff / student surveys to identify how confident they are. |
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Ensure that perpetrators of prejudicial language / behaviour are sanctioned consistently and that victims are supported effectively, with education and restorative work made a priority in all cases. |
Instances of PLAB are investigated thoroughly with consistent sanctions set out in behaviour policy (fixed term exclusions) Equality Advocate / Pastoral team meet and intervene with all students sanctioned for PLAB, and ensure that victims are supported |
PLs / Equality Advocates investigate all reports of PLAB Equality Advocates advise on sanctions Equality Advocates meet with students and discuss incidents, as well as restorative discussions of how such attitudes are not acceptable |
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Ensure that students understand the significance and impact of racially-motivated prejudicial language and behaviour, and reduce the number of racist incidents |
Students are able to articulate why racist language is not acceptable between any ethnic group The number of students using racist / prejudicial language is reduced from 2023/24 |
Education of students through assemblies, PSHE and other events (eg. Black History Month) Celebration of cultural differences (eg. Cultural Celebration Day) Analysis of racially-motivated PLAB through recording of incidents on SIMS. |
St George students in the news, Black History Month 2023