How can someone be discriminated against?

The 2010 Equality Act protects people with the following protected characteristics from being treated differently :

Age

Disability

Gender Reassignment

Marriage and Civil Partnership

Pregnancy and Maternity

Race

Religion or Belief

Sex

Sexual Orientation

Direct
Discrimination

treating someone with a protected characteristic less favourably than others

Indirect
Discrimination

putting rules or arrangements in place that apply to everyone, but that put someone with a protected characteristic at an unfair disadvantage

Harassment

unwanted behaviour linked to a protected characteristic that violates someone’s dignity or creates an offensive environment for them

Victimisation

treating someone unfairly because they’ve complained about discrimination or harassment

Your Experiences

We are a community of principled, compassionate, and open-minded learners. As such, we do not tolerate any type or form of discrimination. Please report any such incidents that you may have experienced and/or witnessed using the form below. Your disclosure will be anonymous unless you elect to share your email address.

Nodes Master
Which of the following protected characteristics have you witnessed or experienced being discriminated against?
What kind of discrimination relates to the above?
Are there any specific locations where this happened?
Any concerns or future issues complicating factors
(who in the school can help you with this issue?)
What support do you think could help?
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