Equality and Diversity
The Gateway Academy is a welcoming school where everyone is highly valued, and where tolerance, honesty, cooperation, and mutual respect for others are fostered. We are committed to the development of the whole person within a supportive, secure, and creative environment. All students have the right to the best education possible. We firmly believe that all students should be able to fulfil their potential, and we work with our children, families, and external agencies to ensure this happens. Our academy is committed to anti-discriminatory practice, promoting equality of opportunity and valuing diversity for all staff, students, and families, regardless of their race, gender, age, disability, religion, or sexual orientation. We aim to be a beacon of excellence in demonstrating how people of different faiths, convictions, abilities, genders, heritages, and ethnicities can form a successful, cohesive, and happy community that draws from the best in each of our traditions. Our students will gain a thorough understanding that differences are positive, not negative, and that individual characteristics make people unique. The following areas are some of those in which we are continuing to develop excellence at The Gateway Academy through being "All Equal, All Different, Together, Improving Upon Our Best:
- A truly inclusive and diverse curriculum, including the co-curriculum, which is representative of our diverse community.
- Developing the role of our inclusivity activists and ERIS to truly make an impact on our academy.
- Providing training and support for staff and governors, so they can detect bias and challenge discrimination.
- Ensuring a common language of acceptable and non-acceptable terminology is used by all stakeholders.
- Further increasing opportunities for visitors from different cultures and faiths as part of curriculum topics; cultural events are to be celebrated throughout the year, including our famous Culture day.
- Using student feedback to improve our PSHE/RSE materials.
- Creating more student-led groups, such as LGBTQ+.