| Policy Title | Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion | Date of Last Review | September 2024 |
| Policy Reference | FTEC 2 | Date of Next Review | August 2025 |
| Authorised by: | Board of Directors | September 2025 |
POLICY STATEMENT
Friendlytutors & Educational Consultancy (FTEC) Limited is committed to providing
outstanding educational opportunities for all our students. FTEC is proud of its diverse
community of students, staff and stakeholders and is committed to maintaining excellence in
teaching and learning by ensuring there is equality of opportunity for all, fostered in an
environment of mutual respect and dignity.
As used within this policy, ‘equality’ means ensuring everyone is able to participate in all our
activities. ‘Diversity’ acknowledges there are differences between people, which should be
recognised, respected, and celebrated.
EQUALITIES STATEMENT
All who work at the Friendlytutors & Educational Consultancy (FTEC) Limited are committed
to the celebration of diversity, and the challenging of disadvantage and discrimination, in all
its forms.
These values are explicit to the ethos of the Friendlytutors & Educational Consultancy
(FTEC) Limited and embedded into all our policies and practice.
Approved by the Board of Directors.
To be reviewed: September 2025
Important Contacts:
Lead Equality Officer
Aaliyah ST Hill (Director/PSC)
Contact details
contact@friendlytutors.co.uk
Name: Joe Adat (MD/DSL) Telephone: 07985138926
Gabrielle Adat (Mrs) (Deputy DDSL) Telephone: 07944844558
gabrielle@friendlytutors.co.uk
Registered address: 65 The Broadway, London, E15 4BQ. Registered in England & Wales: Company no. 14595380. Website:
www.friendlytutors.co.uk; Email: contact@friendlytutors.co.uk.
INTRODUCTION
On 6 April 2012 public bodies were required to publish information showing how they comply
with the new equality duty and setting equality objectives. The published information must be
updated at least annually and there is an additional requirement to publish objectives at least
once every four years.
Equality
This extends to all the aspects of a person’s identity – known as ‘protected characteristics’ –
that are protected under the Equality Act 2010. These are:
- age
- disability
- gender reassignment
- marriage and civil partnership
- pregnancy and maternity
- race
- religion or belief
- sex
- sexual orientation
The equality duty has two main parts: the ‘general’ equality duty and ‘specific duties’.
The general equality duty sets out the equality matters that FTEC needs to consider when
making decisions that affect students or staff with different protected characteristics. This
duty has three elements. In carrying out their functions, public bodies are required to have
‘due regard’, when making decisions and developing policies, to the need to:
- Eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation, and other conduct that is prohibited by
the Equality Act 2010. - Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and
people who do not share it. - Foster good relations across all protected characteristics – between people who share a
protected characteristic and people who do not share it.
Having due regard to the need to advance equality of opportunity is defined further in the
Equality Act 2010 as having due regard to the need to: - Remove or minimise disadvantages
- Take steps to meet different needs
- Encourage participation when it is disproportionately low.
In order to help educational establishments in England meet the general equality duty, there
are two specific duties that they are required to carry out.
Registered address: 65 The Broadway, London, E15 4BQ. Registered in England & Wales: Company no. 14595380. Website:
www.friendlytutors.co.uk; Email: contact@friendlytutors.co.uk.
These are: - To publish information to demonstrate how they are complying with the equality duty, at
least annually. - To prepare and publish one or more specific and measurable equality objectives, at least
every four years.
Equality objectives for FTEC provision can be found on our website.
PRINCIPLES OF EQUALITY ACROSS FTEC
Students and apprentices
- All students are entitled to the best possible education that respects and addresses their
individual learning needs. - All students should be free from discrimination, harassment, or bullying, particularly with
regard to their protected characteristics. - All students are given the opportunity to express their opinions and concerns with regard
to FTEC and its discharging of its responsibilities with regard to equality. - All students have equality of opportunity with regard to learning experiences within and
outcomes beyond FTEC life. - FTEC will make all reasonable adaptations to maximise accessibility for all students to all
aspects of the curriculum and environment. - All students are expected to work within FTEC’s Equality & Diversity Policy. Appropriate
support will be put in place or, if necessary, sanctions taken in the event of a breach. - FTEC will set, monitor, and update targets and practices designed to narrow the
achievement gap for all students. - The diversity within the student is recognised, valued, and celebrated.
Staff - All staff have equality of opportunity with regard to support, mentoring, training, and
career progression. - All staff are expected to work within FTEC’s Equality & Diversity Policy. Appropriate
support will be put in place or, if necessary, sanctions taken in the event of a breach. - The diversity within the staff population is recognised, valued and celebrated and, as far
as possible, utilised positively to the benefit of that individual, students and FTEC. - Staff will be expected to behave as role models for students and to reflect the aims and
expectations of this policy at all times.
FTEC will: - ensure that resources are utilised fairly for the equal benefit of all students.
- make all reasonable and permissible adjustments to our platform to ensure a safe and
accessible environment for all students, staff and visitors. - actively challenge all discrimination (racist, sexist, homophobic, or otherwise),
harassment or bullying.
Registered address: 65 The Broadway, London, E15 4BQ. Registered in England & Wales: Company no. 14595380. Website:
www.friendlytutors.co.uk; Email: contact@friendlytutors.co.uk. - recognise its role within the community of its students and their homes and within the
wider community to present a positive image of its students recognising their abilities and
achievements, celebrating their diversity.
RESPONSIBILITIES
FTEC Directors will: - Review and approve this policy on an annual basis.
- Ensure this policy is updated annually and is disseminated to all staff.
- Ensure that all students and parents are aware of FTEC’s position on equality and how it
relates to them by making this policy available on our website. - Ensure all policies, documents and actions are assessed for their impact in terms of
equality via regular quality monitoring. - Ensure that all staff are aware of and abide by this policy.
All staff will: - Adhere to this policy at all times.
- Model best practice in terms of equality at all times.
- Ensure that equality and diversity is an integral part of all activity planning and delivery.
All the agency’s front-line staff (teaching assistants, and care workers) employed by the
agency are required to go through a 3-day mandatory induction training before being
working unsupervised.
As part of their induction frontline staff undertake training in: Manual Handling, Safeguarding
vulnerable adults, Mental Capacity Act and Dementia Awareness. In addition, they receive
awareness training in working with children with special educational needs SEN).
The purpose of the training for teachers and support staff is to enable them demonstrate
awareness of safeguarding issues and the actions that needs to be taken.
Thus before any teacher is allowed to work 1 to 1 with a student, he/she must complete a
one and half day training and be able to demonstrate competence in safeguarding topics
such as: - recognising abuse/harm wherever it occurs
- reducing the likelihood of abuse
- responding to suspected or disclosed abuse
- national and local safeguarding policies and procedures
- handling verbal and physical abuse from service users and others
- supporting staff who report actual or suspected abuse/harm, including whistle-blowers
- obtaining information about staff recruits
- passing on information appropriately on staff who are found to be unsuitable for work with
adults at risk of harm.
Registered address: 65 The Broadway, London, E15 4BQ. Registered in England & Wales: Company no. 14595380. Website:
www.friendlytutors.co.uk; Email: contact@friendlytutors.co.uk.
In addition, all staff will receive induction in: - Diversity and Equality
- Record Keeping and The Handling of Information
- Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty training, restrictive physical intervention (RPI)
for staff supporting people with challenging behaviours.
The agency’s induction training is led by an accredited assessor.
In addition, staff involved in the recruitment and selection process are required to undertake
training in safe recruitment practices including disclosure and barring services.
In-house refresher trainings are identified during group supervision and formal one-to-one
meeting with staff. This have included popular topics like: Person-centred values,
awareness of SEN, SEMH, Autism awareness and working with students who challenges.
Training Statement
All new staff should be encouraged to read the policy on Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion as
part of their induction process. In addition, teaching staff will be encouraged to plan and deliver
personalised tasks to enable each student to achieve their full potential.