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Responsibilities It is the responsibility of everyone at Brompton Academy to know what discrimination is and to challenge it. If you are the victim of discrimination or witness anything that makes you uncomfortable you must tell someone. Don’t keep it to yourself or ignore it, report your concerns to Childprotection@ universityofkentacademiestrust.org.uk Dealing with discriminatory incidents Brompton Academy will not tolerate discrimination in any form. We will: • Support and protect any victims. • Investigate any allegation or incident. • Warn any student who has been discriminatory that their behaviour is unacceptable, and that further incidents will be sanctioned as necessary. • Educate the aggressor that discrimination is intolerable under any circumstance. Outcomes To combat discrimination the Academy will: • Refernow. • Use mediation processes. • Involve parents/carers. • Use peer mentoring support. • Place students in the internal Exclusion Room (ER).

• Make use of fixed-term suspensions. • Permanently exclude — as a final resort. Academy activities and trips – forms The purpose of the Lifetime Consent Form for Educational Visits is to obtain permission for your child to participate in all off-site educational activities/trips including adventurous, overseas and residential trips, and for any sporting fixtures after the Academy day. Information on activities and trips organised by Brompton Academy can be found at: www.bromptonacademy.org.uk For each individual trip BA will supply a letter/email detailing more information about the event. Any trips that have a cost attached; parents/carers will be asked to make all payments via the ParentPay system. For any higher risk activities, a further detailed Permission to Participate Form may be required. The parent/carer has the right to withdraw their child/ward at any time, however, depending on the activity, venue and time of cancellation, we cannot guarantee a full refund. Academy trips Brompton Academy believes that educational visits are an integral part of the entitlement of every student for an effective and balanced curriculum.

• Opposing and challenging discrimination in any form. • Stating that no individual has the right to harass, insult or cause offence to anyone else. • To protect vulnerable individuals from being radicalised or exposed to extremist views. How will we challenge discrimination? • Ensure our teaching methods and resources recognise diversity and differences. • That all students will understand the dangers of radicalisation and exposure to extremist views; building resilience against these and knowing what to do if they experience them. • Celebrate diversity within our Academy and local community. • Monitor learning and pastoral data with reference to gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, background and language. • Develop within our Personal and Professional Development programme learning opportunities to discuss equality discrimination issues. • Use the Behaviour and Anti-Bullying policies to tackle equality issues as required.