The Toolkit provides a range of resources to help practitioners work with their communities to address equality and equity as part of their improvement journey. These include:
- A Guide to Equality and Equity
- How Equity and Equality link to Professional Standards
- Epstein’s Model for home, school and community partnership
- Evaluation and Planning, including tools and examples
- Discussion Points
- Audit tool
- Practical ideas for engaging more and different families
- Case studies
- Resources and Signposting
Downloads
- PDF file: How to use this Toolkit (161 KB)
- PDF file: Jargon buster (243 KB)
- PDF file: A Guide to Equality and Equity (203 KB)
- PDF file: How Equity and Equality link to Professional Standards (236 KB)
- PDF file: Epstein’s Model for home, school and community partnership (163 KB)
- PDF file: Evaluation and Planning, including tools and examples (280 KB)
- PDF file: Discussion Points (171 KB)
- PDF file: Healthcheck (276 KB)
- PDF file: Practical ideas for engaging more and different families (164 KB)
- PDF file: Case studies (1.9 MB)
- PDF file: Resources and Signposting (297 KB)
- Example of Equity and Equality policy
Improvement questions
- What do you understand by the term ‘equality and equity’?
- What does equality and equity look like in your Early Learning and Childcare setting, school or community?
- How can equality and equity be approached through the lens of a whole school community approach?
- In what way can a distributive approach to evaluation lead to higher quality insight in your Equality and Equity improvement journey?
- What support is available:
- for your school community’s Equality and Equity plans
- from your community or others’ experience?