Equality & Diversity
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Treloar’s is committed to eliminating discrimination and celebrates equality and diversity among our students and our workforce. We believe in the uniqueness and value of each individual and provide opportunities for people of all abilities to achieve their potential.
We celebrate diversity amongst our students, staff and visitors and recognise the contribution that individuals with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences can make to the life of Treloar’s.
The Trust is an equal opportunities employer. The aim of our policy is to ensure that no job applicant receives less favourable treatment as a consequence of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or philosophical belief, sex or sexual orientation, responsibility for dependants, employment status, trade union membership or social and economic status. Selection criteria and procedures are intended to ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and in all other ways treated on the basis of their relevant merits and abilities.
General Equality Duty
Treloar’s values have been set in recognition of the general equality duty. We are committed to the following objectives, in order to:
- Eliminate discrimination, harassment and victimisation.
- Advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a protected characteristic and persons who do not share it.
- Foster good relations between persons who share a protected characteristic and persons who do not share it.
Our 2020 Equality and Diversity Objectives
Advancing Equality of Opportunity between different groups of people.
| Objective | Actions | Measure |
| Identify key policies for staff and make them easy read – to support staff with ESOL or learning disabilities needs
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Staff survey’s Staff Induction SCG |
Fostering good relationships between different communities:
| Objective | Actions | Measure |
| Promotion of Mental Health Agenda, including a range of positive actions initiatives that promote men’s mental health |
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Staff and Students Feedback |
Eliminating Unlawful Discrimination
| Objective | Actions | Measure |
| Review of our physical environment to ensure it meets the needs of stakeholders with hearing and sight needs and staff who are wheelchair users |
Named staff from TLT and SMT to lead on this |
Staff and Students Feedback Environment Audit outcome |
Eliminating Unlawful Discrimination
| Objective | Actions | Measure | ||
| Establish a mechanism for reporting on those in receipt of flexible working arrangements to allow for monitoring of applications (and then those that are approved/declined) against the protected characteristics |
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EDI annual report statistics Staff Survey |
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Advancing Equality of Opportunity between different groups of people.
| Objective | Actions | Measure | ||
| Positive action to increase the number of economically disadvantaged young people accessing Treloar’s School and College |
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Analysis of student recruitment based on social deprivation index over three year period | ||
British Values
Treloar’s Leaders and Governors are committed and responsible for providing a curriculum which is broad and balanced and complies with statutory requirements. Together we uphold what is great about Britain and also to challenge what is bad. We reject intolerance and forms of radicalisation (of any kind: religious, nationalist, political, racial, and sexual). We embrace our responsibilities to one another and to the rules that govern the life of our society. We seek to engage with the world around us, and to shape it into an equal society for everyone.
Promotion of British values
- At Treloar’s, we are dedicated to promoting values which ensure that our students develop a strong sense of social and moral responsibility. We prepare our students for life in modern Britain by developing an understanding of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and acceptance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
- These values underpin the work we do and are promoted at various times throughout the academic year, extending beyond the classroom with a wide range of visits and enrichment experiences.