Equality requirements and procedures
- Accessibility plan: requirements Your school must have an accessibility plan. Find out what your plan needs to include, and follow our step-by-step guide to make sure you stay compliant.
- Accessibility plans: audit checklists You need to review your accessibility plan every 3 years. Read expert advice on what that means, and see examples of audit checklists from local authorities and schools.
- Daily collective worship: requirements and guidance Find out about your requirements for providing collective worship and how to go about holding it. Be clear on whether pupils and teachers can withdraw.
- Equality Act 2010 Schools have specific duties under the Equality Act 2010. Be clear on how the Act protects people and what your duties are.
- Equality Act 2010: reasonable adjustments Understand the rules about providing reasonable adjustments for pupils, staff and parents with disabilities. Be clear on how to decide whether an adjustment would be 'reasonable', including adjustments for school trips and after-school clubs.
- Gender pay gap reporting: template and requirements If you’ve got more than 250 employees in your school, you need to publish and report specific figures about your school's gender pay gap. Find out how to calculate the figures and use our template to present your data.
- Single equality schemes: examples You're no longer required to produce a single equality scheme, but may still find it useful to do so. See examples from primaries, secondaries and special schools.
- The Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) in schools All schools are required to comply with the PSED. Understand what that means and see what information you need to publish.
- The Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) in schools: demonstrating compliance See what your school could publish to demonstrate compliance with the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), including examples from primary, secondary and special schools.
