Horizon Academy Trust

Equality at Horizon

Horizon Academy Trust is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity in line with the Equality Act 2010. We act to reduce disadvantages, discrimination and inequalities of opportunity, and promote diversity in terms of our pupils, our workforce and the community in which we work. 

Where pupils experience barriers to their success we will work with them to address these in a sensitive and sympathetic way. We will teach our pupils the importance of equality and what forms discrimination can take and the impact discrimination can have. 

 

The Protected Characteristics that apply to schools are: 

• Age (in relation to staff only); 
• Disability;
• Gender re-assignment;
• Marriage and civil partnership (in relation to staff only); 
• Pregnancy and Maternity;
• Race; 
• Religion Faith or Belief; 
• Sex; and 
• Sexual orientation.

Horizon Academy Trust does not accept any of the following:

• Direct or Indirect Discrimination;

• Harassment; and

• Victimisation.

Horizon Academy Trust complies with the Public Sector Equality Duty giving due regard to that duty when making decisions, taking actions and developing policies. In line with the specific duties under the Equality Act 2010, we will publish our equality objectives and will publish information about how we are complying with the Public Sector Equality Duty.

Published Information will be reviewed annually and objectives will be updated every four years. This information is available on our website.

Equality Objectives

Horizon Academy Trust is committed to ensuring equality across our schools. We set equality objectives every four years, and publish data on our progress towards these annually. We recognise that our equality objectives are an essential part of promoting equality across the Trust. Our objectives are set and reviewed at a Trust level, with input from our schools to ensure they are relevant and meaningful to the communities that they serve. Schools present their individual progress to their Local Governing Bodies annually for a local review.

For the period 2022-2026 our equality objectives are:

1. Monitor changes to the Trust wide curriculum to ensure they result in good outcomes for pupils in all vulnerable groups.

2. To ensure that employees who are classed as having a protected characteristic, are supported, encouraged, and assisted by Horizon policies and procedures.

3.  We will maintain a rigorous anti-bullying stance so that all pupils and staff, are protected from harassment and discrimination of all kinds.

 

We will report on progress towards these goals in the autumn term.

This progress will be reviewed at a school level by Local Governing bodies, and at Trust level by the Board of Trustees. 

equality and diversity policy .pdf

 

 

single equality scheme 2026.pdf