--- title: "Equality Statement" url: "https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/equality-statement" school: "Astley Park School" --- # Equality Statement ![](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/images/Astley0054_(1).jpg) ### Astley Park School ### Equality Statement and Objectives --- **Astley Park School** **Equality Statement and Objectives** **Equality Statement** Astley Park School seeks to provide Equality of Opportunity for all members for the school community whatever their disability, age, gender, race, nationality, religion, marital status, maternity, sexual orientation or background. We recognise that people have different needs and treating them equally does not always mean treating them the same. We recognise that some members of the school community will need additional support to enable them to fully access school services. We strive to challenge discrimination and prejudice of all levels in the school community. We are working towards reaccreditation of the LLC Equality Mark having successfully achieved all the 6 Equality badges, these being Race, Gender, Socio-Economic, Disability, Sexual Orientation and Religion and Belief. **Specific Duties** We have two Specific Duties under the 2010 Equality Act: • To publish information to demonstrate our compliance with the general duty to promote equality. • To prepare and publish one or more equality objectives. We have therefore prepared this section of our school website to show what we do to promote equality of opportunity and highlight the equality objectives that we are working on this year. You can also review the linked documents below to see our progress towards our objectives in previous years. **Review Process** Mrs Lauren Hey is the Equality Working Party Lead and she is supported by Equality Champions Miss Michelle Miller, Miss Emma Down, Miss Rachael Cross, Miss Lauren Hendy, Mrs Denise Williams, Miss Eloise Stack, Mrs Angela Worthington and Nominated Governor for Equality Mr Mick Maher. The team have specific responsibility for equality issues within school and meet termly to plan events, discuss issues and solutions and report on progress towards our objectives. The Leadership Team and Governors at Astley Park School regularly review the progress we are making towards meeting our equality objectives via a report and via drop-ins in school. The Equality and Diversity Team from Lancashire County Council review our progress on a three-year cycle via the reaccreditation for the LCC Equality Mark. **Equality Objectives 2025-2026** 1\. To develop and implement a Community Cohesion Policy. 2\.  To investigate good practice of local inclusive places of worship. 3\. To better understand how to maximise engagement of all families at school events using a variety of forums with targeted groups. | Annual Equality Information 2026-27 | |---| | Pupils on Roll | 163 | | Male | 113 | | Female | 50 | | Special Educational Needs | 163 | | Free School Meals | 78 | | English as Additional Language | 7 | | Ethnicity | Chinese | 0 | | White Irish | 1 | | Other Black Background | 1 | | Other Asian Background | 2 | | Asian British | 3 | | Black African | 2 | | Other Mixed Background | 5 | | Pakistani | 4 | | White and Black Caribbean | 1 | | Indian | 6 | | Other White Background | 1 | | White British | 128 | | Religion | Christian | 16 | | Hindu | 2 | | Mormon | 1 | | Lutheran | 1 | | Methodist | 3 | | Muslim | 12 | | Church of England | 29 | | No Religion | 62 | | Roman Catholic | 21 | | Non-Disclosed | 13 | | Looked After Children | 5 | | PLAA | 0 | [Single Equalities Policy](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/files/Single_Equality_Policy_2024-2025.pdf) [British Values](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/files/british_values.pdf) ### Related Blog Posts 21 October 2026 ### [Secondary Showcase - 8A](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-10-21-11-03-secondary-showcase-8a) 16 July 2026 ### [Pioneer Day in 8P 2026](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-07-16-15-15-pioneer-day-in-8p-2026) 15 June 2026 ### [Rainbow Day in 9P](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-06-15-08-50-rainbow-day-in-9p) [View All Posts](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/blog/index/tag:equality) ### School Info - [Admissions](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/admissions) - [Equality Statement](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/equality-statement) - [Ethos and Values](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/vision/values-and-ethos) - [Financial Information](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/financial-information) - [Fundraising](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/fundraising) - [Local Offer](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/local-offer) - [News](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/news) - [Ofsted Info](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/ofsted) - [Our Thrive Approach ](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/our-thrive-approach) - [Placements/Volunteering](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/placements-volunteering) - [Policies](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/policies) - [Privacy Notices](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/privacy-notices) - [Pupil Premiums](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/pupil-premiums) - [Results ](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/results) - School Calendar - [School Development](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/school-development-plan) - [School Transport](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/school-transport) - [School Uniform](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/uniform) - [SEND Info](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/send) - [Student Destinations](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/student-destinations) - [Term Dates](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/termdates) - [The School Day](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/the-school-day) - [Training Courses ](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/training-courses) - [Vacancies](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/vacancies) ![Astley Park School](https://files.schudio.com/astley-park-school/images/logo/AstleyPark_School_footer_logo.png) #### Astley Park School Harrington Road Chorley Lancashire PR7 1JZ 01257 262227 #### School Info - [Admissions](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/admissions) - [Fundraising](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/parents-carers/useful-info/astley-park-school-parents-staff-friends-association/fundraising) - [Ofsted Info](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/ofsted) - [SEND Information](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/send) - [Vacancies](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/school-info/vacancies) - [Contact Us](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/contact) #### Parents/Carers - [Behaviour](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/parents-carers/behaviour) - [Arbor](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/parents-carers/arbor) - [LPPA](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/parents-carers/lppa) - [Online Safety](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/curriculum-classes/online-safety) - [Attendance](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/parents-carers/attendance) #### Social Media - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/astleyparkschool) © Copyright 2016–2026 Astley Park School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://www.astleypark.lancs.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)