The Equality Act 2010 places an equality duty on all public bodies and requires them to publish equality objectives every 4 years. This document identifies the equality objectives that we will focus on over the next 4 years, from 2023 to 2027.
Matthew Arnold’s mission is ‘Success for All’ and so we recognise and are fully committed to the three aims of the general equality duty:
Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and other conduct prohibited by the act
Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not
Foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not
At Matthew Arnold School students make great progress in their learning and attain ambitious outcomes through our excellent curriculum. Through our diverse and inclusive community we support students to become kind and responsible young adults, confident and proud of who they are and ready when they leave us to make a positive contribution to their world.
As staff who work at Matthew Arnold School we all have a role to play in this success and in embodying and nurturing our values:
Our Values
The governing body has agreed the following Equality Objectives for 2024 -26:
1. Eliminate discrimination - Student outcomes
To continue our focus on promoting positive outcomes for our priority learners who are vulnerable to underachievement, in particular those who have lower prior attainment, who have SEN needs or who are in receipt of PPG support, so they fulfil their potential.
We have been trying to work more closely with one or two families to better meet te
needs of SEND students, especially in terms of accessibility ( to curriculum , to events).
Year 11
There is still a significant progress gap between SEND, FSM and their peers.
There is a gap, but not significant between LPA and MPA,UPA progress
There is no gap for EAL students
2. Foster good relations among all members of the school community - Student experiences
To aim to eliminate completely all incidents involving prejudice against people with protected characteristics, within our increasingly diverse community.
3. Advance equality of opportunity - Staff employment
To continue to monitor the diversity of our workforce and the effectiveness of our approach
to providing for the needs of those with protected characteristics.
We monitor provision for those staff with protected characteristics.
Diversity of workforce is more difficult to influence, but we monitor through HR.
