Identify the Current Legislation and Codes of Practice Relevant to the Promotion of Equality and Valuing of Diversity
Current legislation:
Race Relations Act 1976 & 2000:
Schools have obligation to uphold good relationships between people from different backgrounds. Schools now required to have a race equality policy in place. The legislation gave powers to tackle racism by making direct or indirect discrimination illegal.
Code of Practise on the duty to promote race equality 2002
This is the government framework which assists schools to meet the requirements of the Race Relations Act 2000. It outlines ways schools through their race equality policy can promote race equality in their setting by reducing gap in education achievements between different ethnic groups and ensuring staff within the school are representative of a multicultural society.
1995/2005 Disability Discrimination Act:
. Public authorities have a duty to promote and reinforce quality for disabled people.
. Schools built following this legislation are bound to provide appropriate facilities and access to people with disabilities, to include ramps and disabled toilets.
. Pupils cannot be left out from excursions off site or any part of the curriculum because of a disability.
Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001:
This legislation made it illegal for schools to discriminate against children with SEN or physical disabilities. It aimed to ensure disabled people were offered the same educational opportunities and choices as that in mainstream society as schools now had a statutory duty to identify assess and make provision for pupil’s with special
Educational needs.
SEN Code of Practise 2001:
. Children with SEN have increased entitlement to mainstream education.
. The affect has been a higher number of children with SEN being included in mainstream schools monitor and review SEN provision.
. Schools should regularly
Government’s strategy for SEN 2004
. Government strategy introduced with aim to raise achievement of pupils with SEN. The strategy contains a
Race Relations Act 1976 & 2000:
Schools have obligation to uphold good relationships between people from different backgrounds. Schools now required to have a race equality policy in place. The legislation gave powers to tackle racism by making direct or indirect discrimination illegal.
Code of Practise on the duty to promote race equality 2002
This is the government framework which assists schools to meet the requirements of the Race Relations Act 2000. It outlines ways schools through their race equality policy can promote race equality in their setting by reducing gap in education achievements between different ethnic groups and ensuring staff within the school are representative of a multicultural society.
1995/2005 Disability Discrimination Act:
. Public authorities have a duty to promote and reinforce quality for disabled people.
. Schools built following this legislation are bound to provide appropriate facilities and access to people with disabilities, to include ramps and disabled toilets.
. Pupils cannot be left out from excursions off site or any part of the curriculum because of a disability.
Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001:
This legislation made it illegal for schools to discriminate against children with SEN or physical disabilities. It aimed to ensure disabled people were offered the same educational opportunities and choices as that in mainstream society as schools now had a statutory duty to identify assess and make provision for pupil’s with special
Educational needs.
SEN Code of Practise 2001:
. Children with SEN have increased entitlement to mainstream education.
. The affect has been a higher number of children with SEN being included in mainstream schools monitor and review SEN provision.
. Schools should regularly
Government’s strategy for SEN 2004
. Government strategy introduced with aim to raise achievement of pupils with SEN. The strategy contains a