Transcript Equality Act 2010

Part one: What do schools need to do?
• Demonstrate ‘due regard’ to the need to
implement the aims of the general duty
• Demonstrate ‘due regard’ to the need to
implement the specific duties (Wales).
The General Duty
In the exercise of their functions, have due
regard to:
• Eliminate unlawful discrimination,
harassment and victimisation and other
conduct that is prohibited by the Act.
• Advance equality of opportunity between
people who share a characteristic and
those who don’t.
• Foster good relations between people
who share a characteristic and those who
don’t.
General Duty
• removing or minimising disadvantages
• taking steps to meet the needs of
people from protected groups where
these are different
• encouraging people to participate in
public life or in other activities where
their participation is low.
Protected characteristics
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Age
Disability
Gender reassignment
Marriage and civil partnership
Pregnancy and maternity
Race
Religion or belief
Sex
Sexual orientation
Specific Duties
What?
• Equality Objectives
• Strategic Equality Plans
• Annual reporting
• Assessment of impacts
• Pay differences
• Staff training
• Procurement
How?
• Engagement
• Equality information
• Employment information
• Publishing
• Accessibility
• Review
The Timeline
• Strategic Equality Plans (SEPs) and
objectives: must take place as soon as
possible, with the first SEP and
objectives being required by 2 April
2012.
• Annual Reports: 12 months after the
SEP.
• Equality Information: must publish
equality information by 2 April 2012 and
keep under regular review.
What could SWAMWAC do to help?
• Assist schools by providing and helping
them to analyse relevant information
• Assist schools by co-ordinating or
facilitating engagement activity
What could SWAMWAC do to help?
• Assist schools by announcing local and
regional priorities to inform their objectives
or providing model objectives
• Assist schools in structuring their Strategic
Equality Plans or provide Strategic
Equality Plan templates for schools.
Relevant Information
Listed authorities MustMake arrangements to
identify relevant
information it holds,
and identify and
collect information
that it does not hold.
• Provide a summary of
national research and
trends?
• Analyse data held by
schools such as those
datasets reported to
DCELLs and provide
schools with
‘intelligence’?
Engagement
• Identify local/regional
contacts whom
Involve people who it
schools could
considers
‘involve’?
representative of one or • Provide guidance on
more of the protected
how to engage?
groups and who have
• Organise
an interest in how an
‘involvement’ events
authority carries out its
or processes?
functions
Listed authorities Must-
Objectives
• Agree and announce
local/regional
priorities to inform
Publish objectives
their objectives?
which demonstrate
how they will meet the • Provide model
objectives?
aims of the general
duty. They Must also
consider each
protected group.
Listed authorities Must-
Strategic Equality Plans
Listed authorities MustPublish Strategic
Equality Plans by
April 2012
They Must be available
in accessible formats
• Provide guidance to
schools on how to
structure their Strategic
Equality Plans?
• Provide Strategic Equality
Plan templates for
schools?
• Help schools deal with
requests for alternative
formats?
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