--- title: "Protected Characteristics" url: "https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/our-school/protected-characteristics" school: "Kirkham and Wesham Primary School" --- # Protected Characteristics ## Protected Characteristics at KWPS At Kirkham and Wesham Primary School we believe that everyone is valued, respected and welcome to thrive within our community. Under the Equality Act 2010, there are nine Protected Characteristics: | 1. Age 2. Disability 3. Gender reassignment 4. Race 5. Religion or belief 6. Marriage or civil partnership 7. Sex 8. Sexual orientation 9. Pregnancy and maternity | ![Picture 530700524, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/ec5bfa41d1b11da8c3f2730d22fea13c.png) | |---|---| The Equality Act became law in 2010. It covers everyone in Britain and protects people from discrimination, harassment and victimisation. Everyone in Britain is protected. This is because the Equality Act protects people against discrimination because of the protected characteristics that we all have. ### How we actively promote and embed the Protected Characteristics at Kirkham and Wesham Primary School. Equality and inclusion are at the core of the KWPS ethos. We promote respect for the protected characteristics through: Assemblies, which are reactive to current global, national, local, and school events Our School Values of Kindness, responsibility, respect, pride, honesty and resilience Promotion of the British Values (democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect, and tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs) throughout school life Our CPOMS behaviour logging system - with categories including bullying, racial, and homophobic incidents - where any incidents are seen as an opportunity to reflect, learn, and make better choices next time Conscious role modelling by all adults in the school community Active engagement and communication with parents and carers Collective Worship and class assemblies Discussion within curriculum subjects, taking a cross-curricular approach Promoting articulation by building appropriate language and a coherent vocabulary across all subject areas Personal, Social, Health and Economic education (PSHE) sessions Religious Education (RE) lessons, RSE lessons and Protected Characteristic talks Sporting competitions, festivals and opportunities Art and Cultural activities Pupil Voice e.g. School Councillors and Eco Warriors Educational visits Real-life learning outside the classroom Guest speakers and visitors from the wider community Developing stronger links with the local, national and international communities Extra-curricular activities, after-school clubs, charity work and work within the local community We work to ensure that our children understand that: There are no outsiders at Kirkham and Wesham Primary School Everyone is different We celebrate our differences We are all equal in our differences ### We firmly believe that embedding Protected Characteristics into the whole school ethos at Kirkham and Wesham promotes: Self-esteem, self-knowledge and self-confidence of everyone in our school community Respect for democracy and support for participation in the democratic process will be raised Acceptance of responsibility for their own behaviour Respect for their own and other cultures Understanding of how people can contribute positively to school and home life and to the lives of those living and working in the local community and beyond An understanding of Equality, Human Rights and Protected Characteristics An understanding of how citizens can influence decision-making through the democratic process An appreciation that living under the rule of law protects individual citizens and is essential for their well-being and safety of all An understanding that the freedom to choose and hold other faiths and beliefs is protected in law An acceptance that other people having different faiths or beliefs should be accepted and tolerated, and should not be the cause of prejudicial or discriminatory behaviour An understanding of the importance of identifying and combating discrimination | ### Quality Texts that promote Protected Characteristics | |---| | | Autumn Term 1 | Autumn Term 2 | Spring Term 1 | Spring Term 2 | Summer Term 1 | Summer Term 2 | | Elm Class (R) | Examples of books that could be used within the Early Years to support the teaching or protected characteristics ![Picture 16988639, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/236954cfa4ff93a75b5b50fb8952b147.png)![Picture 1963683821, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/80d863c65641c48587482ee2495127b6.png) | | | Penguins, Possums and Pigs | Fire, Fire | Growth and Green Fingers | Family Album | The Great Outdoors | Robots | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Apple Class (Y1) | ![Picture 3000620, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/45c9e1a9a07a25061bdc29e64fe16ae2.png)WANTED: The Perfect Pet – Fiona Roberton ( Disability, Race, Sex Gender Equality) ![Picture 335359530, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/267c1a2b0e3915b602027aa1f6d62331.jpg)And Tango makes three Justin Richardson (Sexual Orientation, marriage) | ![Picture 2103829917, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/0215331d0eb53f725ce6e6375e10e867.jpg) Toby and the Great Fire of London Margaret Nash (Disability, gender equality) | ![Picture 106595512, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/91b334270b90847d0475dad03619a583.jpg) The Owl and the Pussycat – Edward Lear (Marriage & Civil Partnership, Race) | ![Picture 1506366195, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/74e4ca169fc23d7a4508be12837fb190.jpg) Hop-Toads and Pearls Charles Perrault (Race, Religion or Belief) ![Picture 114383829, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/ae19033ec0a276342408a434e234d999.jpg) The Great Big Book of Families Marty Hoffman and Ros Asquith (Race and Ethnicity, disability, Sexual Orientation, Pregnancy and Maternity) | ![Picture 81990412, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/8a2dea32504f7a1f157953d4992b7f2d.jpg)Maisie Goes Camping – Lucy Cousins ( Sex , Gender Equality, Race) ![Picture 1026545186, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/5b176bdffa73141d8836a475eb83ff1d.jpg)Blown Away- Rob Biddulf (diversity) | ![Picture 785249536, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/fbc66684cdf2ae29e80f49cedf6c9f26.jpg)Little Robot – Ben Hatke ( Disability, Race, Friendship | | | The Place Where I Live | Fighting Fit | Explorers | The Farm Shop | Wind in the Willows | Buckets and Spades | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Cedar Class (Y2) | ![Picture 1850243888, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/0dc9a77a0a9423a769893bbf3b14fa58.jpg)Prince Cinders Babbete Cole (Gender, marriage and relationships) ![Picture 1692036769, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/b2e68416dbccbcea22cc9a92456ef1b0.jpg) King and King – Linda de Haan and Stern Nijland (Sexual Orientation) | ![Picture 500826034, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/cafb45266912da32af399d35bd61c341.jpg)The Pirates next Door Johnny Duddle (age, gender equality,religion and belief) ![Picture 905779973, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/253c784ad73735f9580ab8d096953df5.jpg)Katie Morag Mairi Hedderwick (age, gender equality, marriage) | ![Picture 157453695, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/a35b1f7b6eec6351628db0ee6f31fae0.jpg) Man on the Moon Simon Bartram ( gender equality, age) ![Picture 575513036, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/f47b9813533e97ae5889a9141ff4f07a.jpg)Making friends ; Emily learns about tolerance (Race and ethnicity) | ![Picture 2122454778, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/64b7bf02164dae489029266ddc4389ec.jpg) Muddy puddles Michael Morpurgo (age, equality) | ![Picture 1541596208, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/618c8a81030dda1d9a9ed7c20ec2ee59.jpg) The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame (Age, gender equality) ![Picture 2114077493, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/ac2e9fc47f0e4d1e586260afe4545778.jpg)Duck’s Ditty Kenneth Grahame (Age) | ![Picture 1140461622, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/04b6c9067c58dde1cacb6f1e8fafc480.jpg) The Lighthouse Keeper Stories Ronda and David Armitage Age, marriage) ![Picture 1485487337, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/0385c3186f7ec1d57b3afcb73c5bee86.jpg)The Proudest Blue Ibtijah Muhammed (religion and belief, race and ethnicity) | | | There’s no place like home | Healthy Humans | Stones and Bones | The Iron Man | What the Romans did for us | How does your garden grow? | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Cherry Class (Y3) | ![Picture 549148268, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/2ae576b1ce7a1f2f25c17db619b3dc2e.png) This is our house Michael Rosen (Race, ethnicity, religion and belief) ![Picture 231703021, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/0cbecabccf33a8b5199a70abb884936a.png) The Way Back home Oliver Jeffers (ethnicity) | ![Picture 1779915276, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/651dbec2e3e904083832c5bc3e6fb27a.png) Quest Aaron Becker (race and equality) ![Picture 1284956066, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/516f5369bb48c98c15f39891a46f42c5.png) Just Ask Sonia Sotomayer (Disability) | ![Picture 837527725, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/0cab8c8b17039a5abf19bfb7926e9787.jpg)The Secrets of Stonehenge Mick Manning & Brita Granström (Religion and belief) | ![Picture 1656056398, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/4ae3cd538e71ad0438bd7fa7e72616d2.jpg) Rusty the Squeaky Robot – Neil Clark (Disability) ![Picture 1590144615, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/a561caa8e64fafb01861a00a4e099611.png) After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got back up again (Pregnancy, age,Disability) | ![Picture 402508985, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/500d5f38097be3208d36133d07172498.png) Two Monsters David Mckee (Age race and ethnicity) ![Picture 744099326, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/35fd25749244579c3d318390bed0d295.png) So You Think You’ve Got It Bad? A Kid’s Life in Ancient Rome Chae Strathie (age, marriage, pregnancy, gender equality, religion and belief, sexual orientation) | ![Picture 1000728665, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/632d11a035a3276750afebd364d539b3.png) My name is not refugee Kate Milner (race, equality, faith) ![Picture 343012000, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/72a1adaea456e01515d1773930af18f7.jpg) The Enchanted Wood Enid Blyton (disability, age, gender –how roles have changed over time) | | | Sparks Might Fly! | The Great Plague | The Art of Food | Passport to Europe | Water, Water Everywhere | Hunted | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Willow Class (Y4) | ![Picture 889096974, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/625e0048462dd0170032c130bb0958ed.jpg) The Water Horse Dick King-Smith (Disability, Race, Age) | ![Picture 681535080, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/5cebbf6130683af04a59c2521378800e.jpg) The Firework Maker’s Daughter – Phillip Pullman (Sex (Gender Equality), Race, Religion or Belief) | ![Picture 1942309819, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/cbebaae86155088a0b70ff33c8068fd9.png)Around the world in Eighty Days Jules Verne ( Race, Religion or Belief, Sex, Gender Equality) | ![Picture 214655011, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/4b2c88b663df200cf14b5f024b7de435.jpg) Fig’s Giant Geraldine McCaughrean (Age, Disability, Race) ![Picture 1442137751, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/2cd95e5b0ba19133203257b6ecb04821.png) My Princess Boy (Gender, Gender reassignment,) | ![Picture 265739511, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/da8b3b86043630ac1e3ab146d5b5d67f.jpg) The Mousehole Cat Antonia Barber (Age, Race, Religion or Belief) | ![Picture 880911455, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/1cbd6085420d6eb420d3f9a2e27bf155.jpg) The Classic Tales of Brer Rabbit – Joel Harris (Race, Religion or Belief, Disability) | | | Kingdom United | Food, Glorious Food! | Earthlings | Inventors and Inventions | Amazon Adventure | Faster, Higher, Stronger | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Maple (Y5) | ![Picture 1091568257, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/6c1bc5a2ed44e573ce47dc64d6aff4e3.jpg) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis’ (Belief, race, equality) ![Picture 949071209, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/4f9cc61937e64ab68229502e46652cf6.jpg) Coming to England – Floella Benjamin Race, Religion or Belief, Disability | ![Picture 1596180549, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/4af41760c78c470898ded8b457ff9ad2.jpg)Oliver Twist Charles Dickens (Age, Disability, Race) ![Picture 697094268, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/470245c93bef7b41c64a527facdb1bff.jpg)Every Night is Pizza Night – J. Kenji López-Alt (Race, Religion or Belief, Age) | ![Picture 594961855, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/8aaa491f292803f50e138c90a833e53d.jpg) The Portal Andrew Norriss (Race, Sex (Gender Equality), Religion or Belief) | ![Picture 1703601702, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/c5e0769f0cebca15bcce894e6bdf87bd.jpg)Journey to the River Sea Eva Ibbotson (Race, gender equality, age) | ![Picture 1076314118, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/46906b1f5c10225580fb17eb043fadb6.jpg) Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Age, Disability, Sex (Gender Equality)) | ![Picture 1115435944, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/eaf18c6af50229c19991260fe6ad7c79.jpg)Greek Myths and legends (Religion or Belief, Race, Sex (Gender Equality)) | | | Survival! | Britten's Got Talent? | Heroes and Villains | Super Sleuth | Oh! I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Rowan(Y6) | ![Picture 580199099, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/a13bcb7175fb3b3c410001be0daf0a5f.png) Charles Darwin (Belief, ethnicity, ) | ![Picture 466703672, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/753d665308f53e1f54c5afb2972b203b.jpg) The Nowhere Emporium (Age, Disability, Race) | ![Picture 512335524, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/8b34bf90e88701fed0c34fe6552f2a91.jpg)Macbeth Biographies (Religion or Belief, Sex (Gender Equality), Age) | ![Picture 212230946, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/7bc97b2266707c7e876c83512d361227.jpg)Mystery Stories (Race, Sex (Gender Equality), Disability) | ![Picture 878746436, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/85785f5b21770b731f128622c19eede9.jpg)Carrie’s War (Age, Race, Religion or Belief) | ![Picture 1721497957, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/dcdd474e8338639e5a26d6c73d5bb3cc.jpg)Kensuke’s Kingdom (Race, Age, Religion or Belief) | | ![Picture 789731834, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/229cac02b4b8822aa286e600c135189f.png) | ![Picture 1955492080, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/35ad98d811d5ac961832545ef12ab974.png) | ![Picture 1336706867, Picture](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/776d5f4bc38a564790fa17af9c7be732.png) | |---|---|---| ##### Location Nelson Street Kirkham Preston Lancashire PR4 2JP ##### Contact Us 01772 682866 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Kirkhamandweshamprimary/) - [Accessibility](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/accessibility) © Copyright 2025–2026 Kirkham and Wesham Primary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://www.kirkhamwesham.lancs.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)