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1 St Mary s College Equality Act 2010 Excellence in Learning Equality Act 2010 The College is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion as both a moral and legal duty. The Equality Act 2010 introduced a new public sector duty with the aim of: Sex Pregnancy and maternity Marriage and civil partnerships Information is collected, monitored and analysed and the results form the basis of our action plan. 1. Eliminating unlawful Equality objectives are then set and discrimination, victimisation and progress on achieving objectives harassment and actions is monitored by the 2. Advancing equality of Senior Management Team and opportunity between people who reports produced for Governors. share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it 3. Fostering good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not share it. The Protected characteristics as defined by the Act are: Age Disability Gender reassignment Race Sexual orientation Religion and belief

2 Equality & Diversity Action Plan/Objectives Issue 1.On level 3 courses, there is a gap of 4% in both the retention and achievement of males compared with females. 2.Achievement rates for Asian Heritage learners on level 2 programmes, particularly those from Pakistani backgrounds, is below those of white British learners, despite retention rates being higher. Objective To improve the retention and achievement rates for males to within at least 2% of those for females. To improve achievement rates for these learners to within at least 3%

3 Progress on Objectives Objectives summary Target date Progress to date 1.Retention gap and achievement gap of 4% between males and females at level 3 September 2012 Target was to get both retention and achievement of males on level 3 courses within 2% of females: Level 3 male retention- 91% Level 3 female retention-93% Retention gap of 4% Level 3 male achievement - 93% Level 3 female achievement 96% Achievement gap of 3% 2.Achievement rates for Asian Heritage learners on level 2 programmes, particularly those from Pakistani backgrounds, is below those of white British learners, despite retention rates being higher. Summary September 2012 Target was to get achievement rates for Ethnic Minority students on level 2 courses to within 3% of White British students: Level 2 Ethnic Minority achievement 98% Level 2 White British achievement - 99 % Achievement gap of 1% Target 1 was not achieved. The retention gap stayed the same at 4%, although the achievement gap narrowed by 1% to within 3%. Target 2 was achieved with the gap narrowed to 1%

4 Equality & Diversity Action Plan/Objectives Issues Objectives/Outcomes When/Who? 1. Retention, achievement & success rates of male students at AS level were below national benchmarks and female performance Male retention, achievement & success rates within 2% difference of females Sept All staff SMT E&D Coordinator 2. ALPS valued-added scores of male students at AS level were below female performance 3. Achievement % success rates of ethnic minority students (Indian and Pakistani) at AS were below White British performance. 4. ALPS value-added of ethnic minority students at AS and A2 was lower than white British student performance. Male value-added scores (ALPS) within 0.1 of female scores (i.e. within ½ an AS grade) British Asian students achievement and success rates within 2% of White British students. British Asian value-added scores within 0.2 of white British students (i.e. within 1 grade at AS level. A2 Level: British Asian students equal or better than white British value-added scores.

5 Progress on Equality and Diversity Objectives Objectives summary Target date Progress to date Target 1 To improve male retention, achievement & success rates to within 2% difference of females September 2013 Target has been exceed Targets 2 & 4 To improve ALPS valuedadded scores of male students at AS to within 0.1 of female scores Target 3 To improve the achievement and success rates of British Asian students to within 2% of White British students September 2013 September 2013 The value-added gap in each group has narrowed, the most significant being White British. The valued-added gap has narrowed for Pakistani and Indian leaners, although the value-added grade for White British has fallen slightly, even though success rates have improved. This target has been exceeded.

6 Equality & Diversity Action Plan/Objectives Issues Objectives/Outcomes When/Who? 1. Female retention at AS, A2 and Vocational level 3 has fallen below males slightly To improve female retention to within 1% of males Departments SMT 2. Female achievement at AS has dropped from 92% to 87% since Data collection with regard to disability and specific learning needs and reporting systems require improvement 4. There is not enough input from the student body regarding the promotion of E&D To improve female achievement rates to at least what they were in previous years. Reporting for all areas of LLD to be accessible for the summer 2014 results Student council to organise an event Departments SMT E&D Co ordinator E&D Co ordinator CIS manager I.T. manager Student council E&D Cordinator