Curriculum - Rendell Primary School

Rendell Primary School welcomes all children and their families without discrimination. We value everyone in our school community, celebrating and valuing our differences, our uniqueness and the fact that we are all equal.

In our approach to the design and delivery of our curriculum, we take our responsibilities to comply with the Equalities Act 2010 very seriously.

In particular, to ensure our pupils are protected from discrimination, harassment, and victimisation on the grounds of specific characteristics (referred to as protected characteristics).

For schools, this means that it is unlawful to discriminate against ‘protected characteristics’ identified as gender; race; age; disability; religion or belief; gender reassignment; sexual orientation; pregnancy or maternity.

Our aims are to provide a broad, balanced and deep curriculum that meets the needs of all children and promotes their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. We are committed to equality and reflecting and valuing diversity in all that we do.

As defined by the Equality Act (2010), as a public authority we must have due regard to the need to:

Eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct that is prohibited under the Act
Advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it
Foster good relations between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it.

Through a range of texts, we teach the Equality Act 2010 to all of our pupils in a child friendly way, discussing all of the protected characteristics during each child’s school career as appropriate. Children are taught from Early Years onwards to recognise and accept difference and diversity in the school and their communities.

Texts - Foundation to Year 4

Texts - Year 5 and Year 6