CSIE is delighted to announce the release of our new publication: Developing a single equality policy for your school: a CSIE guide.
Written for, and in collaboration with, school leaders, this is a practical resource to help schools comply with existing legal duties to promote race/ethnicity, disability and gender equality and to promote community cohesion. Much more than offering help to complete a paper exercise, the guide invites schools to explore their position on a range of equality issues and to shape provision in line with it.
The guide outlines the existing legal duties and suggests how the new Equality Act is likely to affect these when it comes into force. It then sets out a practical framework for writing and reviewing a single equality policy and presents two examples of existing policies. The guide’s content, presentation and practical suggestions can support schools in considering fundamental principles of equality for all, particularly those at risk of discrimination or marginalisation.
This CSIE guide is particularly relevant to:
- Ofsted’s emphasis on equality and diversity
- Schools’ statutory duty to promote race, disability and gender equality
- Schools’ statutory duty to promote community cohesion
- Developing inclusive provision for all learners
Copies are available at the reduced price of £15 each or £12 each for orders of 10 or more, if ordering directly from CSIE. Review copies are also available; please email admin@csie.org.uk stating your name, address and details of where your review will appear.
