Equality and Diversity

Introduction
The Vast majority of our young people at Greenvale are from our local community in Lewisham, our students are growing up in a wider multicultural and multiracial society where they are subject to various attitudes towards minority groups, certain images of these groups portrayed by the media and their own unconscious bias. The school’s Equality Objectives should be read in conjunction with the Accessibility Policy and the Equality and Diversity Policy.

Ethos:
The School stands against all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, disability or ability.

This is achieved through the following objectives:

1.Promotion of cultural understanding and awareness of different religious beliefs between different ethnic groups within our school community
2. Monitoring engagement with and access to enrichment opportunities for all groups of students in the life of the school.
3. Monitoring all progress for our young people, ensuring all students are achieving paying particular attention to students in differing pathways, students eligible for free-school meals, looked after children and students from minority ethnic groups
4. Endeavour to ensure diversity in the staff body, leadership roles and Governing body.  

5. Reduce the incidence of the use of racist, homophobic, biphobic, transphobic and sexist language by students in the school
6. Review relevant school policies to ensure they clearly reflect the aim of inclusivity

In addition to the shared Equality Objectives above, the School stands united in an unflinching ambition to tackle racism in our communities and seek to develop a culture of active anti-racism.

To achieve this aim, the objectives are:

•          Addressing unconscious bias through training and wider reading for staff and students
•          Formally gathering the views of our student and staff community and acting on recommendations where possible
•          Ensuring that incidents involving racist language are dealt with swiftly and that we work with families in accordance with the School's behaviour policy
•          Decolonising and diversifying aspects of the curriculum and increasing the promotion of Black history and culture
•          Train all members of staff and governors involved in recruitment and selection on equal opportunities and non-discrimination by the April 2024.
  
  

Greenvale equality objectives 2023-2025

We aim to provide the highest possible education for all at Greenvale School. The ethos of our school clearly reflects our commitment to fully including, respecting and supporting all members of our school community whatever their cultural background, belief, gender, race or disability.

Having referred to and analysed our equality information we have set ourselves the following objectives:

•          To promote understanding and appreciation of diversity, including celebrating what we all have in common, and promoting respect for all the different protected characteristics as defined in the Equality Act 2010.
•          To ensure equal access to high-quality education for all learners
•          All students achieve and make progress regardless of their learning difficulty.
•          Addressing unconscious bias through training and wider reading for staff and students
•          Formally gathering the views of our student and staff community and acting on recommendations where possible
•          Decolonising and diversifying aspects of the curriculum and increasing the promotion of Black history and culture
•          Train all members of staff and governors involved in recruitment and selection on equal opportunities and non-discrimination by the April 2024

Staff and Student data 2023-2024