recognised that equality of access to education is crucial in unlocking many significant opportunities in life, and we are very much aware of our responsibility to uphold both equality in learning and the credibility of the Grant Aided Special Schools Additional Support Needs Division of the Schools Scottish Government’s Directorate. The public sector equality duty, created by the equality Act 2010, replaces the race, disability and gender equality duties. It is supported by the specific duties contained in the Equality Act 2010 Specific Duties) Regulations 2012 Corseford Equality Strategy 2013 2017 explains our commitment and School’s – actions to meet, and go beyond, our statutory obligations. It articulates the equality outcomes that all Scottish public bodies were challenged to develop by the specific duties published in May 2012. It explains how we develop these, and how we will monitor our progress towards them. We aim to ensure that out equality strategy is driven by consideration of the diverse needs of individuals served by Capability School. Scotland’s Coresford Fiona Catterson Head of School Corseford School Context Corseford School is 1 of 7 of Grant Aided Special Schools (GASS) Scotland’s receiving a substantial proportion of funding from the Additional Support Needs Division of the Scottish Schools Directorate. Corseford School is Government’s operated by Capability Scotland, largest charity working with people Scotland’s with disabilities. Coresford School was established to provide services for children and young people age between 0-18 years, affected by disorders of movement or coordination, including reductions in communication, caused by cerebral palsy or other conditions, the the collective term to term ‘motor impairments’ being
recognised that equality of access to education is crucial in unlocking many significant opportunities in life, and we are very much aware of our responsibility to uphold both equality in learning and the credibility of the Grant Aided Special Schools Additional Support Needs Division of the Scottish Government’s Schools Directorate. The public sector equality duty, created by the equality Act 2010, replaces the race, disability and gender equality duties. It is supported by the specific duties contained in the Equality Act 2010 Specific Duties) Regulations 2012 Corseford School’s Equality Strategy 2013 – 2017 explains our commitment and actions to meet, and go beyond, our statutory obligations. It articulates the equality outcomes that all Scottish public bodies were challenged to develop by the specific duties published in May 2012. It explains how we develop these, and how we will monitor our progress towards them. We aim to ensure that out equality strategy is driven by consideration of the diverse needs of individuals served by Capability Scotland’s Coresford School. Fiona Catterson Head of School Corseford School Context Corseford School is 1 of 7 of Scotland’s Grant Aided Special Schools (GASS) receiving a substantial proportion of funding from the Additional Support Needs Division of the Scottish Government’s Schools Directorate. Corseford School is operated by Capability Scotland, Scotland’s largest charity working with people with disabilities. Coresford School was established to provide services for children and young people age between 0-18 years, affected by disorders of movement or coordination, including reductions in communication, caused by cerebral palsy or other conditions, the term ‘motor impairments’ being the collective term to
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