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Protected Characteristics

 

Under the Equality Act 2010, there are nine Protected Characteristics:

  1. Age
  2. Disability
  3. Gender reassignment
  4. Race
  5. Religion or belief
  6. Marriage or civil partnership
  7. Sex
  8. Sexual orientation
  9. Pregnancy and maternity.

The 9 Protected Characteristics are actively promoted in school through:

  • Our school vision statement and school development plan.
  • Our school behaviour policy
  • Conscious role modelling by all adults in the school community
  • Active engagement and communication with parents and carers
  • Assemblies
  • British Values themes for a day, week and term
  • Discussion within curriculum subjects, taking a cross-curricular approach
  • Promoting articulation by building appropriate language and a coherent vocabulary
  • Personal, Social, Health and Economic education (PSHE) sessions
  • Religious Education (RE) lessons & RSE lessons
  • Sporting, Art and Cultural Events
  • Pupil Voice
  • Educational visits
  • Real-life learning outside the classroom
  • Guest speakers
  • Developing links with local, national and international communities
  • Extra-curricular activities, after-school clubs, charity work and work within the local community.

Protected Characteristics Provision

Protected Characteristic

Coram Scarf Scheme Provision - PSHE

Age

Pre School - : Me and my friends.

YR: Life Stages . plants, animals, humans

Y3: Our friends and Neighbours, Let’s celebrate our differences.

Y4: Together

Y5: Happy being me

Y6: We have more in common than not, Democracy in Britain Elections. Democracy in Britain How laws are made. Don’t force me. Think before you click. To share or not to share.

Disability

Y3: Let’s celebrate our differences. Zeb. I am fantastic. Y6: We have more in common than not. Media manipulation.

Gender reassignment

Y3. I am fantastic.

Y6. Media manipulation. Marriage and civil partnership

Marriage and Partnership

YR: Life stages, human life stage, who will I be?

Y4: Together

Y6. Don’t force me

Pregnancy and maternity

YR: Life stages, human life stage, who will I be? YR: Where do babies come from?

Y6: Making babies

Race

Pre School- Marvellous me. I am special. People who are special.

Y2: What makes us who we are?

Y3. Our friends and neighbours. Zeb.

Y5. The land of red people. Happy being me.

Y6. We have more in common than not. Tolerance and respect for others.

Religion or belief

Pre School. Me and my friends. I’m special. People who are special to me.

YR: Same and different families. All about me.

Y1: Who are our special people?

Y2. What makes us who we are?

Y3. Our friends and neighbours. Let’s celebrate our difference.

Y4: Together. The people we share our world with.

Y5. The land of the red people. Happy being me.

Y6. We have more in common than not. Don’t force me. Is this normal? Acting appropriately.

Sex

Pre School: Girls, boys and families.

YR: Me and my body, boys and girls.

Y3: Let’s celebrate differences. Zeb. I am fantastic.

Y4: Together.

Y5: Stop, start stereotypes. Growing up and changing bodies. The land of the red people. Happy being me.

Y6: We have more in common than not. Don’t force me. Media manipulation. Making babies. Tolerance and respect for others. Is this normal? Acting appropriately.

Sexual Orientation

Pre-school: People who are special to me.

YR: Same and different families. Where do babes come from?

Y3. Our friends and neighbours Zeb.

Y4: Together. Is it true?

Y5. Stop, start stereotypes.

Y6. We have more in common than not. Don’t force me. Media manipulation.

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