Equality and Diversity
Barnet and Southgate College’s Equality and Diversity objectives
Objectives
Ensure that the College promotes and fosters Equality and Diversity for all learners through the delivery of teaching and learning, enrichment and tutorial activities and learner voice activities.
Improve the collection of Equality and Diversity data for learners and staff against the protected characteristics within the Equality Act 2010, and ensure that this data is used to improve outcomes for all our College community.
Ensure that there are no achievement gaps by race, gender, age and disability within curriculum areas.
Support staff in meeting their responsibilities for Equality and Diversity through sharing best practice within the College, and provide a programme of staff training on Equality and Diversity.
Policy Statement
We are committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive and welcoming environment where every member of staff and our community is respected, valued, and supported.
We celebrate diversity in all its forms, believing that diverse perspectives enrich our decisions, learning and growth.
We are dedicated to ensuring equal opportunities for all, striving to remove barriers that prevent full participation and success across our learning and skills provision.
We actively seek to eliminate discrimination and promote fairness in our policies and practices. We do this through ongoing education, dialogue, and action, we aim to create a culture of respect, equality, and belonging where everyone can thrive and where the rights and dignity of our staff and students are respected. We recognise the importance of this as an underpinning, cross-cutting theme when seeking to achieve our strategic ambitions robustly.
Read our policies and reports
Equality, diversity and inclusion policy
Read our Equality, diversity and inclusion policy
Gender pay gap statement
Read our Gender pay gap statement
Public Sector Equality Duty Report
Read our Public Sector Equality Duty Report