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Blog
Published: 08 Mar 2018
Our role in tackling gender inequality – and reasons to be cheerful on International Women’s Day.
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First Published: 13 Apr 2018
This handbook provides a brief overview of the Equality Act 2010 for advisors in England and Wales.
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Advice and Guidance
Last updated: 29 Mar 2019
Prejudice-based bullying is any type of direct physical or verbal bullying, indirect bullying or cyberbullying based on relevant protected characteristics.
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Advice and Guidance
Last updated: 29 Jun 2018
Collecting data on bullying can help schools to show how effective their anti-bullying policies are, including tackling prejudice-based bullying.
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News
Published: 14 Aug 2018
Thousands of children whose disability means that they have ‘a tendency to physically abuse’ will now be properly protected from discrimination in schools after a landmark ruling in the Upper Tribunal.
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News
Published: 12 Sep 2018
A London school boy has been allowed to keep his dreadlocked hair and return to Fulham Boys School, following legal action brought by Steel & Shamash Solicitors and funded by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
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News
Published: 05 Oct 2018
Western Isles Education Authority (Comhairle nan Eilean Siar) has settled a case raised by the mother of a 10 year old disabled pupil, Jonathon Graham, who was left isolated because the school bus provided by the Council wasn’t accessible to him.
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Advice and Guidance
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
This guide is one of a series written by the Equality and Human Rights Commission to explain what you must do to meet the requirements of equality law. These guides will support the introduction of the Equality Act 2010. This Act brings together lots of different equality laws, many of which we have...
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Advice and Guidance
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
Admissions advice on your responsibilities under equality law as someone who has pupils, students and parents who access the education services you provide.
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Advice and Guidance
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
Find out what the Equality Act say about your responsibilities with education admission.
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Advice and Guidance
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
This is where educators can find our how to avoid discriminating in admission arrangements.
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Advice and Guidance
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
This is where educators can find our how to avoid discriminating in relation to admission terms.
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Advice and Guidance
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
This is where educators can find our how to avoid discriminating in relation to admission decisions.
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Advice and Guidance
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
This is where educators can find out about providing education and access to any benefit, service or facility and exclusions under the Equality Act.
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First Published: 01 Oct 2008
Report looking at the relationship between education, employment, income, social class and inequalities around 4 protected characteristics: gender, ethnicity, disability and sexual orientation.
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Advice and Guidance
Last updated: 12 Jul 2022
Further and higher education institutions may find these websites useful when seeking to understand and meet their responsibilities to promote equality, diversity and tackle discrimination.
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First Published: 02 Apr 2015
Schools and education authorities have had a duty to provide reasonable adjustments for disabled pupils since 2002. This guide will help school leaders and education authorities understand and comply with the reasonable adjustments duty in England.
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First Published: 01 Jun 2014
Schools and education authorities have had a duty to provide reasonable adjustments for disabled pupils since 2002. his guide will help school leaders and education authorities understand and comply with the reasonable adjustments duty in Scotland.
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First Published: 01 Apr 2014
This is a guide to what equality law means for you as an education provider in schools.
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First Published: 01 Apr 2014
This outlines the requirements of the Equality Act for Scottish schools in relation to provision of education and access to benefits, facilities or services.
