Everyone Belongs at Primrose Hill   

At Euxton Primrose Hill Primary School, we believe that every child should feel valued, respected and included.

We are proud to be a welcoming and inclusive school where differences are celebrated and everyone is encouraged to achieve their full potential. We work hard to remove barriers to learning, promote fairness and ensure that every member of our school community feels safe, supported and able to thrive.

Equality is not simply a legal duty – it is part of who we are and underpins everything we do.

Our Commitment to Equality

The Equality Act 2010 requires schools to:

  • Eliminate discrimination, harassment and victimisation.
  • Advance equality of opportunity.
  • Foster good relationships between people from different backgrounds and with different protected characteristics.

At Primrose Hill, we fully embrace these responsibilities and continually review our practice to ensure equality remains at the heart of school life.

Equality Ambassadors

One of the ways we promote equality is through our Equality Ambassadors. 

Our ambassadors help ensure equality remains a visible and important part of school life. They encourage discussion, celebrate diversity and help us identify ways to make our school an even more inclusive place for everyone.

Our Equality Objectives

Objective 1 

To promote equality of opportunity by reducing the attainment gap between SEN and non-SEN pupils.

Actions for objective 1:

  • To continue to have an inclusive ethos.
  • To ensure pupils with SEN access precise, targeted teaching to meet their needs.
  • To develop staff confidence with the use of PIVATS for tracking progress and setting SMART targets.

Success Criteria for Objective 1:

  • All pupils able to fully access the broad and balanced curriculum.
  • Pupils with SEN make good progress towards their tailored, ambitious targets.
  • External agencies engaged to ensure specialist support where required.
  • Staff are confident and report to the SENCO for IEP meetings with clearly evaluated IEP's and SMART targets in place for future targeted interventions.

​Objective 2

To continue to raise pupil awareness of cultural prejudice/discrimination.

Actions for Objective 2:

  • To continue to have an inclusive ethos that challenges prejudice/discrimination.
  • To have a range of cultural focussed assemblies where pupils can be educated about a wide range of cultures and cultural issues.
  • To record prejudiced related incidents and respond proactively with parents to ensure support in educating pupils in this area.
  • Lancashire Equality Awards element – aim to achieve the ‘Sexual Orientation’ Equality Badge. by the end of summer term 2025.

Success Criteria for Objective 2:

  • Pupil behaviour is respectful and inclusive, as evidenced in monitoring and feedback from staff.
  • Structured assemblies take place to explore issues.
  • Interfaith speakers from 'Building Bridges' deliver enrichment programme to all year groups.

The following badges have been achieved:

  • Race Equality Badge.
  • Gender and Gender Variance Equality Badge.
  • Disability Equality Badge.
  • Socio-economic Equality Badge.
  • Religion and Belief Equality Badge.

Objective 3

To ensure that whole school policies and practices are fully inclusive of our school community.

Actions for Objective 3:

  • Undertake an audit of current curriculum resources and identify opportunities to have greater representation of our school community.
  • Identify opportunities to discuss and include the diverse range of families in our school.
  • To continue to have an inclusive ethos that challenges prejudice/discrimination.

Success Criteria for Objective 3:

  • Pupil behaviour is respectful and inclusive, as evidences in monitoring and feedback from staff.
  • Structured assemblies take place to explore issues.
  • Gender and Socio-economic Equality Mark gained Autumn 2023.

Our Equality Awards

We are proud to have achieved a number of Lancashire Equality Awards, recognising our commitment to creating an inclusive and welcoming school community.

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Further Information

Our current Equality Objectives and Single Equalities Policy can be downloaded below.

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We believe that every child deserves to feel that they belong. By celebrating diversity, promoting respect and challenging discrimination, we prepare our pupils to become compassionate, confident citizens who make a positive contribution to their communities.