Equality, diversity and community cohesion

Welcome to the Norfolk Schools equalities page.

Schools have a range of duties under the Equality Act 2010 to promote equality and eliminate discrimination for people with protected characteristics. This includes fostering positive relationships between different communities.

As part of meeting these duties, schools are required to:

• Give due regard to equality ('equality impact assessments')
• Publish one or more equality objectives at least every four years
• Publish information each year about how the school is complying with the public sector equality duty
• Publish and maintain an accessibility plan for disabled pupils
• Make reasonable adjustments for disabled people
• Provide auxiliary aids and services to disabled pupils 

These duties apply to all schools, whether local authority-maintained, academies, free schools, non-maintained special schools or independent schools.

To join one of Norfolk's networks to support equality, diversity, inclusion and belonging (including anti-racism) in education, and access a bank of resources, email inclusionandsend@norfok.gov.uk.

Find out more about and how to report a prejudice-based incident here.

The Equality Act 2010 requires schools to publish one or more equality objectives every four years from 6 April 2012. The Department for Education has published detailed guidance for schools concerning the Equality Act 2010.

The number and nature of these objectives must be proportionate to the size of the school. The objectives must be specific and measurable and the school must demonstrate compliance with the aims of the Public Sector Equality Duty.

Download a template to record your equality objectives (Word doc) [509KB].

For further advice please contact the Equality and Diversity team at equalities@norfolk.gov.uk.

Welcome to the Norfolk Schools page about prejudice-based incidents.

A prejudiced-related incident is any incident which is perceived by the victim, or any other person, to be prejudiced towards an individual, due to one or more of the protected characteristics.

Reporting incidents to Norfolk County Council enables us to develop an overview of prejudice-related incidents. This information has been valuable in informing policy and practice within the LA and appropriate support to schools and educational settings.

To submit an annual summary report of prejudice-related incidents reported in this academic year, please use the reporting form on the My School site (opens new window). This form should be completed and submitted electronically.

This does not replace your in-school reporting systems. You should continue to keep a contemporaneous record and have a clear school or setting process, including information about actions and impact in response.

This padlet contains guidance to support schools and other educational setting in their management of prejudice-based incidents.