EQUALITY STATUTORY DUTIES
There are a number of statutory duties that must be met by every school in line with legislation from the Race Relations (Amendment) Act (2000), Disability Equality Duty (2005) and Equality Act (2010).
Newton Primary School is committed to meeting its public sector duties and acknowledges that we have a statutory duty to:
● Eliminate discrimination, harassment and victimisation.
● Promote equality of access and opportunity within our school and within our wider community.
● Promote positive attitudes to difference and effective relationships between people with different backgrounds, genders, cultures, faiths, abilities and ethnic origins.
The Equality Act 2010 and schools guidance states:
5.11 The specific duties require schools:
(a) to publish information to demonstrate how they are complying with the Public
Sector Equality Duty, and
(b) to prepare and publish equality objectives.
School have to update the published information at least annually and to publish objectives at least once every 4 years.
SCHOOL BACKGROUND INFORMATION/CONTEXT OF THE SCHOOL (as at 16 January Census day 2025)
Capacity: 418
On roll: 391
Gender: % boys: 54% (213 children), % girls: 46% (178 children)
Pupil Premium: 13% (51 children)
Looked after: 1% (5 children)
SEND: 14% (56 children)
EAL: 18% (70 children)
Service: 1 child
ETHINICITY BREAKDOWN AS AT 03.02.25
|
Bangladeshi |
ABAN |
|
26 |
6.65% |
|
|
Indian |
AIND |
|
4 |
1.02% |
|
|
Any other ethnic |
AOTH |
|
5 |
1.28% |
|
|
Pakistani |
APKN |
|
3 |
0.77% |
|
|
Black African |
BAFR |
|
9 |
2.30% |
|
|
Black Caribbean |
BCRB |
|
1 |
0.26% |
|
|
Chinese |
CHNE |
|
2 |
0.51% |
|
|
White & Asian |
MWAS |
|
10 |
2.56% |
|
|
White & Black African |
MWBA |
|
5 |
1.28% |
|
|
White & Black Caribbean |
MWBC |
|
11 |
2.81% |
|
|
Any Other Ethnic Group |
OOTH |
|
5 |
1.28% |
|
|
Refused |
REFU |
|
2 |
0.51% |
|
|
White British |
WBRI |
|
284 |
72.63% |
|
|
White Irish |
WIRI |
|
2 |
0.51% |
|
|
Any other white background |
WOTH |
|
22 |
5.63% |
|
|
391 |
100.00% |
Pupils on roll by their first language (27) as at 03.02.25
Albanian/Shqip 1, ARA Arabic 6, ARAA Arabic (Any Other) 1, BNG Bengali 20, BUL Bulgarian 3 , ENG English 321, FRN French 1, HGR Hungarian 1, HIN Hindi 1, KUR Kurdish 1, KURS Kurdish (Sorani) 1, LIT Lithuanian 1, MAN Manding/Malinke 1, MLM Malayalam 2 POL Polish 1, PRSA Farsi/Persian (Any Other) 1, PRSD Dari Persian 1, RMN Romanian 1, RUS Russian 1, SCBS Serbian 1, SHO Shona 2, SPA Spanish 4, TEL Telugu 1, TUR Turkish 11, UKR Ukrainian 2, URD Urdu 3 and YOR Yoruba 1.
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