Equality Statement

Astley Park School

Equality Statement and Objectives

Astley Park School seeks to provide Equality of Opportunity for all members for the school community whatever their disability, age, gender, race, nationality, religion, marital status, maternity, sexual orientation or background. We recognise that people have different needs and treating them equally does not always mean treating them the same. We recognise that some members of the school community will need additional support to enable them to fully access school services. We strive to challenge discrimination and prejudice of all levels in the school community. We are working towards reaccreditation of the LLC Equality Mark having successfully achieved all the 6 Equality badges, these being Race, Gender, Socio-Economic, Disability, Sexual Orientation and Religion and Belief.

Specific Duties

We have two Specific Duties under the 2010 Equality Act:

• To publish information to demonstrate our compliance with the general duty to promote equality.

• To prepare and publish one or more equality objectives.

We have therefore prepared this section of our school website to show what we do to promote equality of opportunity and highlight the equality objectives that we are working on this year. You can also review the linked documents below to see our progress towards our objectives in previous years.

Review Process

Mrs Lauren Hey is the Equality Working Party Lead and she is supported by Equality Champions Mrs Michelle Crouch, Miss Emma Down, Mrs Heather Hylands, Miss Rachael Cross and Miss Lauren Hendy and Nominated Governor for Equality Mr Mick Maher. The team have specific responsibility for equality issues within school and meet termly to plan events, discuss issues and solutions and report on progress towards our objectives. The Leadership Team and Governors at Astley Park School regularly review the progress we are making towards meeting our equality objectives via a report and via drop-ins in school. The Equality and Diversity Team from Lancashire County Council review our progress on a three-year cycle via the reaccrediation for the LCC Equality Mark.

ANNUAL EQUALITY INFORMATION 2024-25

Equality Objectives 2024-2025

1. To involve families in cultural celebration events that represent a broad range of cultures through sharing our learning.

2.  To achieve the Gold Award for the "An Equal and Diverse Society" Badge as part of the Lancashire Learning4Life Award. 

3. To meet the social and emotional needs of pupils at Astley Park School through Thrive approaches and practices. 

Annual Equality Information 2024-25
Pupils on Roll	164
Male	112
Female	52
Special Educational Needs	164
Free School Meals	39
English as Additional Language	5
Ethnicity	Chinese	1
	White Irish	1
	Other Black Background	1
	Other Asian Background	2
	Asian British	2
	Black African	2
	Other Mixed Background	3
	Pakistani	3
	White and Black Caribbean	3
	Indian	5
	Other White Background	8
	White British	131
Religion	Christian	30
	Hindu	2
	Mormon	1
	Lutheran	1
	Methodist	1
	Muslim	9
	Church of England	36
	No Religion	54
	Roman Catholic	24
	Non-Disclosed	54
Looked After Children	4
PLAA	4