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This policy is set with the schools four principles of:
High Expectations Quality Learning Mutual Respect Success for All
Introduction
Barclay School is committed to promoting equality for all. This statement represents the response of the Governing Body to its duties to promote equality for disabled people.
The Involvement of Disabled People
We are committed to the involvement of disabled people in the development of this statement. The following steps will be taken to secure this involvement:
Local organisations for disabled people will be approached for their comments
Disabled members of staff will be involved in the group devising this statement
Parents of disabled children attending the school will be asked to contribute
Union representatives will be asked for their views
The school has regard to the Local Authority protocol
The School Council will be asked to comment on the treatment of disabled pupils by staff and their fellow pupils in school.
Impact Assessment
We are aware that any statement must be backed up by action. In this initial stage we will:
review, during the period that this statement remains in force (3 years), all policies and practices on a rolling programme in respect of their effect on promoting disability equality
collect and analyse relevant statistical information (see below)
collect qualitative information on the confidence and enjoyment of disabled people (see below)
review advertising with a view to making it more encouraging to disabled people
examine information for parents and transfer induction for children with a view to making it more encouraging for children
make appropriate reports (see below)
introduce an equality assessment on new developments
While the numbers of disabled people in a relatively small organisation make targets impossible to set with any validity, we will aim to increase over time the number of disabled people in our employment and attending the school.
Information
We recognise the importance of collecting, analysing and acting upon information, if we are to discharge our equality duty. Accordingly we will collect the following information:
Data on the employment of disabled people. Disability monitoring. It is recognised that the number of disabled employees is likely to be statistically small in a small workforce and that it will be important to look at trends rather than at the year-on-year fluctuations
Qualitative information from disabled employees or would-be employees. This will include an exit questionnaire
Performance data for disabled children
Disciplinary data for disabled children
Qualitative and quantitative information on the effect of interventions in regard to disabled children.
Use of Information
The information collected will be reported to the appropriate Governors' Committees
A summative report will be made to Governors annually
It will be taken into account in decisions regarding staffing, curriculum and premises development
It will form part of the discussion with Subject Leaders on their annual Development Plan and in the drawing up of the school's annual Self Evaluation and Improvement Plan.
Actions Taken
The actions that the school has taken so far in regard to disability equality are:
1) Reporting
The actions of the school in regard to disability equality will be published annually on the school website.
2) Revision
The Head Teacher and senior staff will draw up a revised Statement, including the Special Educational Needs coordinator, involving disabled people and taking account of the actions taken during the life of this statement and information collected on its operation by September 2008. The revised statement will be subject to approval by the Governing Body.
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