Strategic Equality Plan Annual Review 2018-2019
This document is the third Annual Progress Update against Estyn’s Strategic Equality Plan (SEP) 2016-2020 and covers the period April 1st 2018 to March 31st 2019.
The SEP supports Estyn’s Equality Objectives and outlines key information about our equality, diversity and human rights activity. As well as fulfilling our duty under the Equality Act 2010, it considers a wide range of other legislation associated with equality and diversity.
The Equality 2010 Act general duty requires public bodies to have ‘due regard’ to the need to:
- eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment, and victimisation and other conduct
that is prohibited by the Act - advance equality of opportunity between people who share a relevant protected
characteristic and those who do not - foster good relationships between people who share a protected characteristic and
those who do not
The SEP covers all the protected characteristics required by the Equality Act 2010:
- age
- disability
- gender reassignment
- marriage and civil partnership
- pregnancy and maternity
- race (including ethnic or national origin, colour or nationality)
- religion or belief (or lack of belief)
- sex and sexual orientation