Physical Education Equal Opportunities Policy
Rationale
At Painsley Catholic College, equal opportunity in physical education is achieved through the creation of an environment which enables students to fulfil their potential and to learn to respect and value one another. Students are more important than the activities in which they are engaged. We aim to treat all students as individuals who have individual skills, abilities and attitudes.
Aims
- To provide for full entitlement and accessibility for every student.
- To allow for appropriate integration, segregation, groupings and differentiation.
- To remove constraints which inhibit potential and choice.
Success Criteria
- Students have the same access to curriculum physical education regardless of gender, religion, ability or ethnic background.
- Students have equal opportunities to participate in different activities.
- Teachers are sensitive to the needs of individual pupils whilst having high expectations of them.
- There are no implicate preconditions for access to activities.
- Pupils are not disadvantaged by interaction within mixed gender, mixed ability or multicultural groups.
- Pupils are appropriately challenged in all lessons irrespective of previous experience or ability.
- Teaching approaches are adopted for educational rather than traditional reasons.
- Pupils are treated as individuals with their own abilities, gifts, difficulties and attitudes.
- Stereotyping, which limits challenged pupil’s behaviour and achievement is challenged.
