Equality Act 2010
The law in Great Britain that protects people from discrimination on the grounds of protected characteristics, including in schools.
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- England, Wales, Scotland
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- Policy and law
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Related terms
- Protected characteristics England Wales Scotland
- The nine characteristics protected under the Equality Act 2010: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
- Public sector equality duty (PSED) England Wales Scotland
- The duty on public bodies, including state schools, to have due regard to eliminating discrimination and advancing equality of opportunity.
- Reasonable adjustments All four UK nations (details may differ)
- Changes that schools must make under the Equality Act 2010 so that disabled pupils are not put at a substantial disadvantage.
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