“Every child has the right to an education free from prejudice”
Equality Act 2010
Effective responses to prejudice-related incidents
To uphold every child’s right to an education free of discrimination and harassment and support schools to provide an environment where every pupil, member of staff and visitor feels safe and welcome, it is important to consider how to recognise a prejudiced related incident to ensure a consistent approach across school.
This guidance has been produced in partnership with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Partnership Board, the Cambridgeshire Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) Service, The ICT Service and Prejudice Reporting for Education team with the aim to support schools and other educational establishments, to fulfil their legal obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and to meet Ofsted requirements with regards to behaviour and safety.
How to recognise a prejudiced related incident to ensure a consistent approach.
When does a Prejudice Related Incident become a Hate Crime or a Potential Hate Incident and what to do, when.
An overview of the protected characteristics and targeted behaviours.
Our vision is to ensure that every child has the best possible start in life, so they can fulfil their potential and become happy, healthy and productive citizens.
We believe that recording prejudice-related incidents demonstrates a pro-active and positive ethos, where everyone is valued, and prejudice and discrimination are not accepted.
Identifying trends enables preventative rather than reactive work to be carried out and produce more relevant and better targeted programmes of education.
The content herein, aims to help you get the most from PRfE.education