Guidance

Equality Act 2010: advice for schools

Guidance to help schools understand how the Equality Act affects them and how to fulfil their duties under the act.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 6 February 2013
• Last updated: 28 June 2018
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  1. 28 June 2018

     Added link to guidance on gender separation in mixed schools.

  2. 17 June 2014

     Document was revised in May 2014.

  3. 6 February 2013

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Equality Act 2010: advice for schools

Ref: DFE-00296-2013

PDF, 426 KB, 45 pages

Details

This is for:

• school leaders
• school staff
• governing bodies

It applies to:

• local-authority-maintained schools
• academies and free schools
• local authorities
• non-maintained special schools
• independent schools

Further guidance on separation by gender is available at Gender separation in mixed schools.

Further information can be found at the Equality and Human Rights Commission website.