Equality at Lawns Park

Equality Statement

At Lawns Park Primary School, we are committed to ensuring equality of opportunity for all pupils, staff, parents and carers irrespective of race, gender, disability, belief, sexual orientation, age or socio-economic background. We aim to develop a culture of inclusion and diversity in which all those connected to the school feel proud of their identity so that they are able to participate fully in school life.

We tackle discrimination through the positive promotion of equality, by challenging bullying and stereotypes and by creating an environment which champions respect for all.

We believe that diversity is a strength which should be respected and celebrated by all those who learn, teach and visit us.

Equality in Teaching and learning

We provide all our pupils with the opportunity to succeed and to reach the highest level of personal achievement. We do this by:

• Ensuring equality of access for all pupils and preparing them for life in a diverse society
• Using materials that reflect the diversity of the school, population and local community without stereotyping
• Promoting attitudes and values that challenge any discriminatory behaviour or prejudice
• Providing opportunities for pupils to appreciate their own culture and celebrate the diversity of other cultures
• Seeking to involve all parents in supporting their child’s education
• Utilising teaching approaches appropriate for the whole school population which are inclusive and reflective of our pupils.

Equality Objectives

Objective 1:  Increase frequency of planned, first hand opportunities for all pupils to experience cultural and religious learning different from their own every day experiences as part of reviewed Curriculum For Future Citizens.

Objective 2: Staff and governors to have heightened awareness of barriers to learning for children of families in poverty by Spring 2020 and to review and adapt provision appropriately and sensitively. (This has been rolled over into this year due to the impact of the pandemic, this target needs to be worked on more than ever)

NEW TARGET for 2022/23

Objective 3: Narrow attendance & punctuality gaps between disadvantaged & non Disadvantaged pupils

3a Reduce percentage of disadvantaged persistent absentees so it is closer to the national percentage, closing the gap between LPPS & national by 2024.

3b Reduce gap between disadvantaged lates & non disadvantaged lates from gap of 5,157 minutes at end of 2021/22 by the end of 2024.

New objective for December 2021

Objective 3: To accelerate the progress in vocabulary acquisition for those pupils whose speech & language entry points are low. TARGET ACHIEVED

Objective 4a: Narrow attainment & progress gaps in each year group in reading to move closer to national gap.

Objective 4b: Narrow attainment & progress gaps in each year group between GD disadvantaged & GD non disadvantaged pupils

Progress towards these objectives is reviewed annually in December each year. You can find this in the Equality Information and Objectives Policy below.