SINGLE EQUALITY SCHEME - Hills Road Sixth Form College

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3.0 Where are we now?In drawing up this scheme, we have been focused on our commitment as a College tocelebrating and valuing diversity and to the promotion of social justice for all. Throughour work on equality, we recognise that we currently face the following challenges.Current aims for staff to maintain an appropriate gender balance to maintain an appropriate balance in terms of employee age range to encourage applications from disabled people and encourage existing staff with adisability to disclose this to encourage applications from ethnic minority job applicants to achieve anappropriate balance that reflects the local community.Current aims for students to encourage students 1 with a disability 2 to disclose this to be equally attractive to all qualified students regardless of their specific needs orschool of origin to maintain an appropriate gender balance to seek ways of addressing the relatively less strong retention outcomes for thosestudents in the lowest GCSE grade boundaries and also for students identifying asbeing of black ethnicity to establish a strong indicator of socio-economic background to facilitate monitoringof achievement and progression 3Challenges in relation to both students and staffIncomplete or missing data for full time 16-19 and Adult Education students withregard to some protected characteristics (including socio-economic indicators) whichimpacts on the level of monitoring that can be achieved.4.0 Where do we plan to be?The College has agreed the following five key objectives which have been identifiedfrom the more detailed list in this Single Equality Scheme:1. to provide comprehensive support to, and make specialist information, adviceand guidance available to, all applicant students and new students to enablethem to access College courses, services and facilities wherever possible2. to maximise the opportunities for all students to achieve their potential inparticular through removal of any possible barriers to accessing learning3. to ensure accessibility for all students to the full range of Student Services,including Study Skills4. to equip students with the skills and knowledge needed for life in a global societyby embedding a global awareness within the curriculum including providingopportunities for students to learn foreign languages and inter-cultural skills5. to ensure that all staff teaching students with disabilities have access to relevantinformation and are supported in their work1 Including AE students2 Disability includes physical, mental ill health and learning difficulties3 Currently indicated by free school meals (FSM) data from previous school and Bursary Award data
APlanning, Monitoring and EvaluationObjective 1Objective 2to ensure that the College’s commitment to all students and staffis embedded in its strategies, policies and procedures scrutinisedthrough a rolling programme of Equality Analysesto carry out systematic evaluation of progress towards providingfor the needs of all students and staff as an integral part of theCollege’s planning and review cycleBPre-enrolment, Enrolment and InductionObjective 1Objective 2to ensure that the College’s procedures for pre-enrolment,enrolment and induction are fully accessible to all studentsto record equality information disclosed about a student’s needs atthe earliest opportunity on the College’s Information Systems andto consider the implications of this information for the student’sexperience at the CollegeObjective 3 to provide comprehensive support to, and make specialistinformation, advice and guidance available to, all applicantstudents and new students to enable them to access Collegecourses, services and facilities wherever possibleCTeaching and LearningObjective 1Objective 2Objective 3to maximise the opportunities for all students to achieve theirpotential in particular through removal of any possible barriers toaccessing learningto design all teaching and learning materials to be accessible to allstudents wherever possibleto provide accessible examination and assessment arrangementsfor all students wherever possibleDCurriculum DevelopmentObjective 1Objective 2to build mutual respect and understanding between differentgroups, faiths and cultures.to equip students with the skills and knowledge needed for life in aglobal society by embedding a global awareness within thecurriculum including providing opportunities for students to learnforeign languages and inter-cultural skillsEStudent Support and GuidanceObjective 1to ensure accessibility for all students to the full range of StudentServices, including Study Skills Support5
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