Equality and Diversity
Pool Academy strives to makes sure that it delivers an excellent learning environment for all of it's students. The documents here detail how we do that and the checks in place to make sure we are always improving.
The equality scheme is an in-depth collection of all the relevant policy documents and detail the ways in which we enforce and monitor them.
To download a copy please click here- Equality and Diversity Scheme & Action Plan.
The school's equal opportunity policy can be found here.
A report on the Pupil Premium can be found here
Click on these links to download (pdf):
Gender Breakdowns in staff at Pool Academy
Gender Equality Policy Spider Diagram
Race Equality Policy Spider Diagram
Disability Equality Policy Spider Diagram
Disability Questionnaire 2009 Uptake
A Log of Racist and Bullying Incidents 2008-09
A Log of Racist and Bullying Incidents 2007-08
A Log of Racist Incidents 2009-10
A Log of Bullying Incidents 2009-10
A Log of Racist Incidents 2010-2011
A Log of Bullying Incidents 2010-2011
A Log of Racist Incidents 2011-2012
A Log of Bullying Incidents 2011-2012
A Log of Bullying Incidents for the Autumn Term 2012
Our Accessibility policy is broken down into three different strands:
Strand 1: Increasing the extent to which disabled pupils can participate in the school curriculum
Strand 2: Improving the physical environment
Strand 3: Improving the provision of information for disabled children and young people
Assemblies provide a weekly focal point for students and we often use this to promote our equality and diversity program. Click here to download a recent assembly powerpoint presentation about dyslexia.
Our school newsletter, "The Pool Post" is often the best place to find examples of these policies in action. Here are two that demonstrate this:
The school's Student Leadership Team has the opportunity to provide feedback on these policies. Here are their latest comments:
As part of our ongoing program of Equality and Diversity training we are often given materials that explore subjects in more depth and where we can, we share them here.
Information sheet about Tourettes Syndrome and Education
Presentation delivered by Al Green of Healthy Gay Cornwall on Homophobic Bullying in Schools