This document discusses legal requirements and responsibilities for educators related to equality and diversity, including the Equality Act of 2010. The Equality Act protects individuals from discrimination based on 10 characteristics: the original 7 of race, disability, gender, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, and religion/belief, plus marriage/civil partnerships, pregnancy/maternity, and social factors like poverty. The document emphasizes that educators must embed equality and diversity into all aspects of their work with students, including resource development and design.

1. Developing, Using and Organising
Resources Within a Specialist Area
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2. Legal Requirements & Responsibilities
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3. Equality Act 2010
• What 7 aspects of our identity were originally
protected from discrimination?
• Race
• Disability
• Gender
• Gender Identity
• Age
• Sexual Orientation
• Religion & Belief

4. Equality Legislation
• The Equality Act 2010 calls these aspects
‘protected characteristics’ and identifies a
further 2 areas.
• Do you know what these are?
• Marriage / civil partnerships
• Pregnancy / maternity
• Plus, Public Sector Equality Duty (April 2011).

5. Ofsted Inspection of Equality
• When Ofsted refers to equality and diversity, it
includes these seven equality strands used by the
Equality & Human Rights Commission.
• AND, it also includes social aspects such as
poverty and deprivation.
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• So that makes 10 ‘protected characteristics’!!!

6. Putting That in Context!
• The challenges for us – to embed E&D into all
that you do with your students so that this is
central and fundamental to all you do.
• Embedding E&D within resource development
and design is an integral part of this challenge.

7. Wiki Task