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Discrimination in Education
The RRAA imposes a statutory duty on public bodies including LEAs and schools to promote race equality. Schools are required to:
* Prepare a written statement of their policies for promoting race equality and act upon them.
* Assess the impact of their policies on pupils, staff and parents from different racial groups, in particular the impact on attainment levels of these pupils.
* Monitor the operation of all the school’s policies, in particular their impact on the attainment levels of pupils from different racial groups.
As part of complying with these duties, schools should have policies to help address bullying and racist behaviour. Ofsted will inspect schools’ compliance with the RRAA as part of their regular inspections.
Schools also have a general duty to promote race equality. Once again that duty is reinforced by specific duties designed to help schools meet the general duty. Each school must:
* Prepare a written statement of its policy for promoting race equality - a ‘race equality policy’.
* Assess the impact of the school’s policies, including its race equality policy, on pupils, staff and parents of different racial groups including, in particular, the impact on attainment levels of such pupils.
The fulfillment of these duties should be monitored by inspection bodies - including the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), Ofsted and the Audit Commission. The CRE is able to issue a compliance notice to a public authority that it believes to be failing to fulfil any specific duty laid down and, if necessary, to seek a court order to enforce the notice. The CRE will also be empowered to issue Codes of Practice to provide guidance to public authorities on how to fulfil their general and specific duties.
* Prepare a written statement of their policies for promoting race equality and act upon them.
* Assess the impact of their policies on pupils, staff and parents from different racial groups, in particular the impact on attainment levels of these pupils.
* Monitor the operation of all the school’s policies, in particular their impact on the attainment levels of pupils from different racial groups.
As part of complying with these duties, schools should have policies to help address bullying and racist behaviour. Ofsted will inspect schools’ compliance with the RRAA as part of their regular inspections.
Schools also have a general duty to promote race equality. Once again that duty is reinforced by specific duties designed to help schools meet the general duty. Each school must:
* Prepare a written statement of its policy for promoting race equality - a ‘race equality policy’.
* Assess the impact of the school’s policies, including its race equality policy, on pupils, staff and parents of different racial groups including, in particular, the impact on attainment levels of such pupils.
The fulfillment of these duties should be monitored by inspection bodies - including the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), Ofsted and the Audit Commission. The CRE is able to issue a compliance notice to a public authority that it believes to be failing to fulfil any specific duty laid down and, if necessary, to seek a court order to enforce the notice. The CRE will also be empowered to issue Codes of Practice to provide guidance to public authorities on how to fulfil their general and specific duties.
