Treloar’s is committed to eliminating discrimination and celebrates equality and diversity among our students and our workforce. We believe in the uniqueness and value of each individual and provide opportunities for people of all abilities to achieve their potential.
We celebrate diversity amongst our students, staff and visitors, and recognise the contribution that individuals with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences can make to the life of Treloar’s.
Treloar’s is an equal opportunities employer. The aim of our recruitment policy is to ensure that no job applicant receives less favourable treatment as a consequence of their age, disability, sex gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or philosophical belief, or sexual orientation, responsibility for dependants, employment status, trade union membership or social and economic status. Selection criteria and procedures are intended to ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and in all other ways treated on the basis of their relevant merits and abilities.
General Equality Duty
Treloar’s values have been set in recognition of the general equality duty. We are committed to the following objectives, in order to:
- put an end to unlawful behaviour that is banned by the Equality Act 2010, including discrimination, harassment and victimisation
- advance equal opportunities between people who have a protected characteristic and those who do not. For Treloar’s this means:
- removing or reducing the disadvantage that people with protected characteristics face
- taking steps to meet the specific needs of people with protected characteristics
- encouraging people with protected characteristic to participate fully in all activities, especially where they are underrepresented
- foster good relations between people who have a protected characteristic and those who do not. For Treloar’s this means:
- we are taking action to reduce prejudice and increase understanding between different groups of people.
Our Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) priorities for 2024/2025, linked to the Strategic Plan EDI Objectives
- Refining, simplifying and embedding our EDI data reporting due to changes to the categories under each protected characteristic (PC), and them being constantly updated. We need to review how we analyse and report on information in a meaningful, but consistent way, without grouping too many categories within a PC together.
- Continue with student led EDI themed activities and events, with more of a focus linked to the Residential provision, alongside activities as part of the School and College timetabled day.
- Further development of our mental health support for staff – embedding and building on the new MH First Aider team, and significantly increasing the availability of training, information and promotional activities in this area.
- Supporting students who are questioning their gender identity - ensuring we have good practice (and trained staff) across the whole organisation.
Promotion of British values
At Treloar’s, we are dedicated to promoting values which ensure that our students develop a strong sense of social and moral responsibility. We prepare our students for life in modern Britain by developing an understanding of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and acceptance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
These values underpin the work we do and are promoted at various times throughout the academic year, extending beyond the classroom with a wide range of visits and enrichment experiences.
Treloar’s Leaders and Governors are committed and responsible for providing a curriculum which is broad and balanced and complies with statutory requirements. Together we uphold what is great about Britain and also to challenge what is bad. We reject intolerance and forms of radicalisation (of any kind: religious, nationalist, political, racial, and sexual). We embrace our responsibilities to one another and to the rules that govern the life of our society. We seek to engage with the world around us, and to shape it into an equal society for everyone.