Protected Characteristics
What are the Protected Characteristics?
The Equality Act became law in 2010. It covers everyone in Britain and protects people from discrimination, harassment and victimisation. Everyone in Britain is protected. This is because the Equality Act protects people against discrimination because of the protected characteristics that we all have. Under the Equality Act, there are nine Protected Characteristics:
- Age
- Disability
- Gender reassignment
- Race
- Religion or belief
- Marriage or civil partnership
- Sex
- Sexual orientation
- Pregnancy and maternity
At Clowne Junior School we recognise the Protected Characteristics throughout our curriculum and work to embed them into our ethos. We follow the Coram Life Education SCARF PSHE curriculum which along with other areas such as R.E. and science the protected characteristics are integrated into learning opportunities.
