Our core values – Respect, Uniqueness, Creativity, Aspiration, Service, Growth - apply to all – children, adults and all visitors. We strive to achieve a cohesive community and expect that the community will behave with respect towards one another.

We aim to enhance a wider sense of community locally, as well as in the context of the UK and the Global community.

In line with our core values of Respect, Uniqueness, Creativity, Aspiration, Service, and Growth, we support the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, and the Human Rights Act 1998.

Through our policies and actions, we undertake to ensure that every child and young person is healthy, safe, is able to enjoy and achieve in their learning experience, and is able to contribute to the wider community.

We consider it prudent and sensible to maintain the practice of logging racist incidents and reporting them to the LA, where appropriate. We monitor and log incidents that discriminate against children and young people or adults in our school with any of the protected characteristics. We also monitor and log bullying incidents.

Hampreston CE (VA) First School expects and monitors equal opportunities in the curriculum, recognising that: “all individuals are unique, have different needs and have an entitlement to equality of opportunities irrespective of gender, race or disability”.

In fulfilling the legal obligations and establishing our school ethos, we are guided by 9 principles, which link closely with our school values:

Principle 1: All learners are of equal value

Principle 2: We recognise and respect difference

Principle 3: We foster positive attitudes and relationships and a shared sense of cohesion and belonging

Principle 4: We observe good equalities practice in staff recruitment, retention and development

Principle 5: We aim to reduce and remove inequalities and barriers that already exist

Principle 6: We consult and involve widely

Principle 7: We address prejudice and prejudice-related bullying

Principle 8: Society as a whole should benefit

Principle 9: Objectives

**More information can be seen in our Equal Opportunities Policy available below