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Gender Equality: A Toolkit for Education Staff

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Quality Indicator 1: Key performance outcome

1.1 Improvements in performance

  • Girls' and boys' attainment is improving and/or maintained at a consistently high standard
  • A "Which boys? Which girls?" approach is taken to address underachievement: Neither boys nor girls are treated as homogeneous groups with easily definable strengths and weaknesses (see Quality Indicator 8.4 Managing information)
  • The overall range and quality of boys' and girls' achievements is broadly comparable
  • At secondary level the link between gender and subject choice is diminishing
  • The gender equality initiatives in the school improvement plan have had a measurable impact on improving the achievements, attainment and well-being of learners, and the work of the school

1.2 Fulfilment of statutory duties

  • The school takes full account of government policy on gender equality and the Gender Equality Scheme within the local authority and ensures all policies and practices in the school are consistent with these as well as with relevant legislative requirements
  • All purchasing and contracting is in line with the Equal Opportunities Commission's guidance on procurement under the Equality Act 2006 (see Quality Indicator 8.2 Management of finance for learning)

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