All academies in the Diocese of Coventry Multi Academy Trust are committed to ensuring equality throughout the school communities.

Our aim statement is that:
"We provide a safe, supportive Christian environment for all the community, where we work together to be successful learners."

Our Commitment to equality is that:

• All learners are of equal value
• We recognise and respect difference
• We foster positive attitudes and relationships, and a shared sense of cohesion and belonging
• We observe good equalities practice in staff recruitment, retention and development
• We aim to reduce and remove inequalities and barriers that already exist
• Society as a whole should benefit.

Diocese of Coventry Multi Academy Trust's full equality statement is available on our Policies page here.

St Bartholomew's C of E Academy's key objectives are:

Objective 1

To ensure the school actively promotes and prioritises raising awareness, appreciation and celebration of diversity including: gender; sexuality, race and religion.

Objective 2

To raise awareness of and maximise the outcomes for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils.

Objective 3

To promote the importance of good attendance amongst pupils, in particular those pupils with SEND and those who are disadvantaged.

Objective 4

To maximise opportunities and achievement for all groups of pupils, including gender; sexuality, race and religion and those with SEND and disadvantaged pupils, through access to extra-curricular activities and curriculum enrichment.

The achievement of these objectives will be evaluated annually based on:

attendance data, pupil voice, curriculum development, attainment and progress data from starting points and other quantitative and qualitative data.

DATE OF REVIEW AND PUBLICATION – March 2025

DATE OF NEXT REVIEW (EVERY 4 YEARS) – January 2029