Equalities

Our Equality Policy can be found here

If you require specific or printed information please email admin@kemnal-tkat.org with your request.

Equality Objectives 2018 – 2023

  • Secure better than expected rates of progress in Maths and English for all groups of students with a protected characteristic. In-school tracking and assessment systems report regularly throughout each year and relevant patterns and actions arising are reported through line management up to LGB Quality and Standards Committee.
  • Ensure the whole school approach to teaching promotes equality of access and engagement. Termly review of teaching and assessment. Relevant patterns and actions arising are reported through line management up to LGB Quality and Standards Committee.
  • To move beyond deterministic notions of fixed ability and to model teaching and learning that fosters student confidence. Termly review of teaching and assessment. Relevant patterns and actions arising are reported through line management up to LGB Quality and Standards Committee.
  • Further develop the curriculum, including extra-curricular and “one-off” events to promote equality, diversity and cultural awareness. School calendar of events. Internal tracking and registers of participation.
  • Ensure that the school development plan reflects the equality objectives as a monitoring and evaluation tool. LGB involvement in devising development plans and monitoring quality and progress.

KTC are committed to meeting the public sector equality duty.  We aspire for all pupils to reach their full potential and have high expectations that they will do so. In addition, we are working towards the following core equality objectives:

  • to ensure that arrangements for pupil admissions across the schools are fair and non-discriminatory
  • to minimise any achievement differences between pupils of different genders
  • to minimise any achievement differences between pupils from different ethnic groups
  • to minimise any achievement differences between pupils from different religious groups
  • to minimise any achievement differences between pupils who have disabilities and those who do not.

These objectives run through all aspects of our curriculum and our approach to high quality teaching. 

We aim to demonstrate that we are meeting our equality duty through reference to the following:

  • the implementation of our admissions policy
  • school performance data
  • behaviour and anti-bullying policy
  • school development plans
  • curriculum materials
  • Local governing body minutes

We are working towards the following core equality objectives for our staffing team:

  • Encouraging more women and ethnic minority individuals into senior positions, to ensure the Trust’s senior leadership better reflects the diversity of the communities we serve

We are able to demonstrate that we are meeting our equality duty through reference to the following:

  • Regular staffing reports to the LGB