At North Oxfordshire Academy, we are committed to creating an inclusive community in which everyone is treated with dignity and respect.
Through our curriculum, PSHCE and wider personal development provision, students learn about equality, diversity and the importance of respecting others. This includes developing an age-appropriate understanding of the protected characteristics set out in the Equality Act 2010.
The nine protected characteristics are:
- age
- disability
- gender reassignment
- marriage and civil partnership
- pregnancy and maternity
- race
- religion or belief
- sex
- sexual orientation
Students are encouraged to respect people whose experiences, backgrounds and characteristics may be different from their own and to understand the importance of challenging prejudice and discrimination.