Shrewsbury Sixth Form College
Rights and Responsibilities
Every Child Matters
Shrewsbury Sixth Form College welcomes and accepts its responsibility to promote the wellbeing and interests of the children and young people, as highlighted in Every Child Matters.
The College pledges to play its part, alongside other local service providers, in achieving the following five outcomes:
- Staying healthy
- Enjoying and achieving
- Keeping safe
- Contributing to the community
- Social and economic well being
Disability and Equality
The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) was introduced in 1995. The Disability Equality Duty extends the existing DDA requirements. All public authorities, including colleges, must have due regard to:
- Promoting equality of opportunity between disabled people and others
- Eliminating unlawful discrimination
- Eliminating disability-related harassment
- Promoting positive attitudes towards disabled people
- Encouraging participation in public life by disabled people
- Taking account of people’s disabilities even if this means treating disabled people more favourably than others.
Safeguarding Young People
Shrewsbury Sixth Form College has a statutory and moral duty to ensure that it functions with a view to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people receiving education at college. Shrewsbury Sixth Form College is committed to provide a safe learning environment that is based upon positive well-being, personal safety and security for all students and all staff. Please click on the links in downloads to view our current policy and procedures.
Values and Expectations
Please see dowloads on the right to view the latest Shrewsbury Sixth Form College document on its values and expectations
