Public Sector Equality Duty

The Governing Body of My Schools Together, on behalf of Mather Street Primary School and Yew Tree Community School, is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all members of the federation's community. 

Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED)

The PSED is a duty on public authorities (including schools) to consciously consider how their policies or decisions affect people who share protected characteristics.

Protected characteristics are:

  • Age
  • Disability
  • Gender reassignment
  • Marriage and civil partnership
  • Pregnancy and maternity
  • Race
  • Religion or belief
  • Sex
  • Sexual orientation
 

We give due regard across all the characteristics to:

  • Eliminate discrimination, harassment and victimisation or any other unlawful conduct in the Equality Act 2010.
  • Advance equality of opportunity 
  • Foster good relations

For further information on how we comply with the above, please refer to our Equality Policy, Priorities and Objective

Priorities for 2025/6

We continue to promote equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. Members of the teaching staff have regular access to CPD to ensure they have the knowledge and skills to deliver quality lessons. We are developing the CPD offer for teaching assistants so that they have the opportunity to develop their skills as well.

We are promoting cultural development and an understanding of equality by providing a rich range of experiences through direct teaching and incidental opportunities across the curriculum. We will identify and share good practice so that we continue to reduce barriers and inequalities across the federation. 

We are continuing to support families where English is not the first language by embedding the procedures we have developed so their children can access our full school offer. 

We are adapting our policies to ensure that our provision for pupils with a disability and have very complex needs receive the specialist support they need.  

Equality Objective - September 2025

To ensure that all pupils can access at least one extra-curricular activity during the school year.

  • Analyse school club registers from the autumn term to identify which children did not access any of the clubs
  • Survey parents and children to find out the reasons why the children did not attend
  • Ask the children which clubs they would like in the summer term 
  • Choose alternative times such as before school or at lunchtimes so pupils who are unable to stay behind after school can participate in extra-curricular activities

 

Equality Policy

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MST Equality Policy.pdf .pdf