Equality and Human Rights Commission

• A free primary careers education resource
• Equal Rights, Equal Respect
• New Equality Act guidance
• Employers' guidance
• Workers' guidance
• Service providers' guidance
• Service users' guidance
• Education providers: Schools' guidance
  • Introduction
    • The schools provisions of the Act
    • Maintained schools providing further education
    • Who has legal obligations under the schools provisions?
    • Who is responsible for ensuring that a school does not breach the Equality Act 2010?
    • Who is protected?
    • What is discrimination?
    • What else is unlawful under the Act?
    • Positive action
    • Public sector duties
    • Are there any exceptions to the schools provisions?
    • What happens if a pupil thinks a school has acted unlawfully?
  • Key concepts
  • Admissions
  • Providing education and access to any benefit, service or facility
  • Exclusion from school
  • Dispute resolution and enforcement
  • Schools providing further education
  • Protected characteristics
  • Responsible bodies for schools
  • Public sector equality duties
  • Further sources of information
• Further and Higher Education providers' guidance
• Public sector equality duty
• Information for advisers
• Your rights
• Working Better
• Here for Business
• Tools: Equal pay
• Professional bodies
• Before the Equality Act

What is discrimination?