St Peter's Equality Statement 

St Peter's consider equality of opportunity is the right of all members of the school; giving everybody the opportunity to develop their full potential. 

We acknowledge that this is not about ‘treating everybody the same’ but actively promoting and enhancing the self-esteem of pupils both as individuals and as members of groups.  Our policies and procedures are differentiated, as appropriate, to take account of differences of life-experience, outlook and background.  Positive action is taken to support all individuals fairly and fully in order to enable them to achieve their potential.

Our Equality Policy outlines 9 Principles, they include:

• All learners are of equal value.
• We recognise and respect difference.
• We foster positive attitudes and relationships, and a shared sense of cohesion and belonging.
• We observe good equalities practice in staff recruitment, retention and development.
• We aim to reduce and remove inequalities and barriers that already exist.
• We consult and involve widely.
• Society as a whole should benefit.
• We base our practices on sound evidence.
• Specific equality objectives include; disability, ethnicity and gender.