Overall Purpose Statement

Northallerton College promotes disability equality through our new Disability Equality Duty (DED) and through this one document covering all our work, and which includes, amongst other issues:

• our arrangements for gathering information on the recruitment and         retention of disabled employees
• impact assessments around participation of disabled parents and carers
• our Action Plan, which highlights steps to be taken on participation in the curriculum, improving the physical environment, and the delivery of information.

The DED is a proactive duty for us. This duty does not give additional rights to disabled people, nor does it replace the existing legislation. Instead, it places new responsibilities on us to actively promote equality of opportunity for all disabled people.

We understand that we will not be able to increase the attainment of all students, or secure a truly representative and valued workforce unless we provide our students with the opportunity to reach their full potential, encourage and support disabled people to seek employment with us, and make sure that all the services and facilities we offer welcome disabled people.

Click here to listen to an audio file summary of our Equal Opportunity and Diversity policy. This summary is spoken by 6th Former: Reuben Dykes.