We are committed to ensuring and promoting equality of opportunity for all children, staff, parents, and guardians irrespective of race, gender, disability, belief, sexual orientation, sex/gender identity (including gender reassignment), marriage/civil partnership and age.

Our aim is to develop a culture of diversity and inclusion in which all those within Hemyock's community can celebrate their identity and participate fully in experiences and learning, enabling our children to take part as fully as possible, in every part of school life, by developing each child’s self-confidence, recognising their strengths, and encouraging them to achieve their full potential.

We challenge discrimination through the positive promotion of equality through learning, tackling bullying, racism, and stereotyping, and by creating a safe welcoming environment that champions respect for all.

Hemyock Primary School has a firm belief that diversity is a strength that must be respected and celebrated by all of those who learn with us and visit us.

The policy below sets out our approach to promoting equality and diversity and how we will tackle discrimination and challenge social exclusion. The equality plan then explains how we will put our commitment into action and comply with the Equality Act 2010, and the Public Sector Equality Duty to ensure that equality and diversity are promoted in our school and that our staff, children, and community are not subject to, and do not commit, unlawful acts of discrimination.