Equality Objectives

Cronton CE Primary School is an inclusive school. We are committed to ensuring equality of education and opportunity for all pupils, staff, parents and carers receiving services from the school, irrespective of race, gender, disability, faith, religion or socio-economic group and recognising the protected characteristics in the Equality Act. Working in partnership with parents, we provide a happy, stimulating environment rooted in Christian values. All are cared for and nurtured spiritually, morally, intellectually, physically, socially and emotionally.

Under the Equality Act 2010, we welcome our general duty to

• Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and any other conduct prohibited by The Equality Act 2010
• Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it.
• Foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it.

We recognise our specific duties which aims to assist us to meet our general duty -

• To annually publish information on how we are complying with the Equality Duty including to publish information on our school population.
• To publish equality objectives every four years, which show how we plan to tackle particular inequalities and reduce or remove them

Our School Population

At Cronton CE Primary School, we believe that diversity is a strength, which should be respected and celebrated by all those who learn, teach and visit here. Our school is a Church of England (Aided) Primary School, however we welcome children from all backgrounds, abilities, races and religions.

Our school population evidences the inclusive nature of our school.

54% of our pupils are girls (125) and 46% are boys (108).

Our pupil population consists of children from British, Indian, Chinese, White European,  White Asian,  other Black African and other Asian ethnicities.

Although the majority of our pupils are from a Church of England background we also have pupils who are Muslim, Christian, Catholic, Hindu, and others identified as other or no religion.

We have children who are Autistic; have been assessed as dyslexic, have ADHD or have Down Syndrome.

Currently, our school has 10% pupils (23) entitled to Pupil Premium.

Our Equality Objectives 2023-2024

Equality Objective 1 – Linked to promotion of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

OBJECTIVE: to promote spiritual, moral, social and cultural development through all appropriate curricular opportunities with particular reference to issues of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

Equality Objective 2: Linked to Prejudice-Related Incidents/Sexual Orientation

OBJECTIVE: Raise awareness of sexual orientation and promote positive attitudes towards alternative lifestyles and lessen the chances of the word ‘Gay’ being used negatively.

Equality Objective 3: Linked to Pupil Attendance / SEND

OBJECTIVE: To explore and understand the reasons for the disproportionately higher absentee levels of SEND pupils and what support can be given to SEND individual pupils with to begin to improve attendance rates.

Equality Objective 4: Linked to Recruitment/Equality & Diversity (improved data

collection)

OBJECTIVE : To employ a more diverse workforce

Equality Objective 5: Linked to Employment and Retention of Staff (Equal opportunities)

OBJECTIVE: Ensure we maintain a professional workforce.

Disabled Access Information

Cronton Church of England Primary School is a single storey building with ramps to enter and exit and disabled toilet facilities. We have a dedicated disabled parking bay in our school car park.  

Please feel free to contact the school office on 0151 424 3881 if you have any further queries relating to disabled access to the school.