MAS Equality Objectives
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
- Ambition
- Kindness
- Inclusion
- Collaboration
The governing body has agreed the following Equality Objectives for 2024:
Equality Objective 1: Advance opportunity of equality - student outcomes
To continue our focus on promoting positive outcomes and attendance 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.
Equality Objective 2: Eliminate discrimination, harassment and victimisation
Aim to eliminate completely all incidents involving prejudice against people with protected characteristics, within our increasingly diverse community.
Grow knowledge, understanding and tolerance across our community
Equality Objective 3: Advance equality of opportunity - staff employment
Proactively work to ensure the diversity of our workforce more accurately reflects the students and families we serve. Monitor the effectiveness of our approach to providing for the needs of those with protected characteristics.
Review of 2023-2024 Objectives (which have been slightly updated for 2024):
Objectives |
Monitoring and evaluation |
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Aim to eliminate completely all incidents involving prejudice against people with protected characteristics, within our increasingly diverse community. |
Reports of bullying and discrimination via student reporting concerns form. EDI staff group and trust group plus racial affinity group to build into 2024+ work |
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Advance equality of opportunity - Staff employment : 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. Appropriate provision is when we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate a need, such as:
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Ethnicity codes:
Ethnicity Code |
Ethnicity Description |
Number of Students |
ABAN |
Bangladeshi |
3 |
AIND |
Indian |
3 |
AOTH |
Any Other Asian Background |
6 |
APKN |
Pakistani |
9 |
BAFR |
Black - African |
8 |
BOTH |
Any Other Black Background |
2 |
MOTH |
Any Other Mixed Background |
8 |
MWAS |
White and Asian |
7 |
MWBA |
White and Black African |
3 |
MWBC |
White and Black Caribbean |
5 |
OLAM |
Latin/South/Central American |
1 |
OOTH |
Any Other Ethnic Group |
4 |
REFU |
Refused |
1 |
WBRI |
White - British |
134 |
WIRI |
White - Irish |
1 |
WOTH |
Any Other White Background |
15 |