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Admissions

• ATL's response to the Admissions consultation (October 2005)
• ATL's response to the consultation document on post-qualification applications (PQA) to higher education (November 2005)          

Age equality

• Equality and diversity - coming of age (DATE)
• You can also find information on age equality on ATL's New 2 Teaching website.          

Behaviour and discipline

• ATL's evidence to the DfES leadership group on behaviour and discipline (the Steer Group) (July 2005) 
• Information about racist bullying is also featured in the advice pages of the ATL website          

Citizenship

• Schools councils: an apprenticeship in democracy?

Curriculum

• English in the 21st century
• Subject to change: new thinking on curriculum (April 2006) (pdf file)
• A learner's curriculum: towards a curriculum for the twenty-first century

Disability equality

• You can find out about the legal rights to equality of people who have a disability from ATL's New 2 Teaching website.
• The advice pages of this website also feature information about equalities for those who have a disability

Extended services

• Extended schools discussion paper (May 2006) (pdf file)
• Extended schools (May 2006) (pdf file)
• White Paper, 'Higher Standards, Better Schools for All': ATL's view

Equality and diversity 

• Promoting equality, challenging discrimination: ATL's draft three-year equality and diversity strategy (2006)
• Promoting equality, challenging discrimination: ATL's draft three-year equality and diversity action plan (2006)
• Work of the ATL Executive Committee since the 2005 Conference (pdf file)
• ATL's equality and diversity policy

Ethnic minority achievement grant

• Diverse futures, equal chances: funding ethnic minority achievement in education (pdf file)         

Funding

• Diverse futures, equal chances: funding ethnic minority achievement in education (pdf file)         

Gender equality

• Response to the DTI (Advancing equality for men and women) 
• Response to the EOC consultation on gender equality duty, draft code of practice
• Gender in education 3 - 19: a fresh approach
• Information about legal rights to equality with regard to gender is featured on ATL's New 2 Teaching website     

Homophobia

• 'Doing Gender' - ATL survey report on aspects of sex/gender, identity and homophobia

Inclusion

• Evidence to the Select Committee on SEN
• Statement on inclusion         

Personalisation

• Response to the DfES consultation
• Evidence to select committee on the White Paper, 'Higher Standards, Better Schools for All'         

Race equality

• Race equality and education - a practical resource for the school resource (pdf file)
• Diverse futures, equal chances: funding ethnic minority achievement in education (pdf file)
• Race equality, education and you (Report, March 2006)
• Joint agreement on guidance: race equality in FE (pdf file)
• Race equality scheme
• Advice on race equality is also available from the advice pages of this website - see advice on racial discrimination and also advice for schools and colleges on preparing a racial equality policy      

Racism

• Redwatch position statement (pdf file)         

Religion or belief 

• Religion, belief and dress code (pdf file)
• You should also look on the ATL advice webpages for advice - see: dress codes, and equality and see ATL's New 2 Teaching website for advice on general legal provisions and rights.        

Sexuality equality

• See the equality pages on this website, and also the equality pages on ATL's New 2 Teaching website
• Equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender staff and pupils (pdf file)            

Special educational needs

• Evidence to the Select Committee on SEN
• Statement on inclusion           

Under-achievement

• Diverse futures, equal chances: funding ethnic minority achievement in education (pdf file)        

Workload and work-life balance

• Extended schools discussion paper (May 2006) (pdf file)
  Extended schools (May 2006) (pdf file)

Xenophobia

• Redwatch position statement (pdf file)         

You may also find relevant material on the Responding to government page.