Purpose
To provide a safe, inclusive and respectful environment where all students are valued and supported to achieve their potential, free from discrimination, harassment and victimisation.
Scope
All students, staff, volunteers, visitors and partners across Evolution Education centres, activities and digital learning.
Definitions
- Protected characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation (Equality Act 2010).
- Reasonable adjustment: a change made so a disabled person is not placed at a substantial disadvantage.
- Discriminatory incident: any behaviour that disadvantages or harms someone because of a protected characteristic or related hostility.
Responsibilities
- The Chief Executive Officer ensures compliance with equality legislation and oversees discrimination-related incidents and training.
- The Centre Manager implements the policy day to day, monitors logs and reviews reasonable adjustments.
- Pathway Leads ensure fair access to curriculum and interventions.
- All staff model inclusive behaviour, challenge discriminatory language or actions and report concerns promptly.
- Named lead contact available via admin@evolution-sportsgroup.com.
Procedures
Commitment
Evolution Education treats people with dignity and respect, eliminates discrimination, supports identified and emerging needs, makes reasonable adjustments, ensures equity of access, challenges discriminatory behaviour and builds belonging and self-belief. Discriminatory behaviour is not tolerated.
Reasonable adjustments
Adjustments may include adapted learning, movement breaks, sensory changes, quiet spaces, mentoring, behaviour scaffolding and additional adult support. These are recorded in Student Passports and related plans.
Curriculum and inclusion
Students access flexible pathways, mentoring and wellbeing provision, unit awards, vocational learning, PSHE and structured sport. No student is disadvantaged because of needs, background or personal circumstances.
Discriminatory incidents
Incidents are responded to immediately, recorded, reported to the parent school, discussed through multi-disciplinary processes and reflected in planning. Serious incidents may be escalated through safeguarding procedures or to external agencies. Complaints about discrimination may be sent to admin@evolution-sportsgroup.com under the Complaints Policy.
Monitoring
This policy is reviewed annually. Oversight is provided by the Chief Executive Officer, Centre Manager and (where applicable) Mayesbrook Park School and Local Authority monitoring. Last reviewed: January 2026.
Review Cycle
This policy is reviewed at least annually, or sooner following changes in legislation, statutory guidance, or significant incidents. Next formal review: January 2027. Approved by the Proprietor / Leadership Team.
Related Policies
Child Protection and Safeguarding; Behaviour for Learning; Attendance; SEND; Complaints; Equality, Inclusion and Anti-Discrimination; Prevent; Online Safety; Safer Recruitment; Staff Code of Conduct; Low-Level Concerns; Whistleblowing; Health and Safety; First Aid; Data Protection; Curriculum; Admissions; Searching and Screening; Adaptive Teaching.
Legislation and guidance
This policy has regard to the Equality Act 2010, the SEND Code of Practice (2015), Keeping Children Safe in Education, DfE Alternative Provision guidance and Local Authority Alternative Provision quality standards.