Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Villiers School is committed to ensuring a safe and inclusive environment for all members of our school family.School Ethos
Our school ethos is that Villiers:
‘…recognises, supports and endeavours to accommodate the right of the student to learn in an educationally conducive environment, regardless of innate ability, family/social circumstances or religious affiliation… Villiers School aims to ensure that the educational, emotional, spiritual, psychological and moral welfare of each individual student is provided for, while encouraging at all times the co-operation and assistance of parents / guardians of the students.’
Statement on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Villiers School is committed to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) both within our school community and in the wider community. Villiers School strives to foster a safe and inclusive culture with equality at its heart so that diversity can flourish. We embrace our diversity as a strength, and we work with sincerity to enable all in our community to grow and flourish equally.
We place inclusive principles and practices at our core and are fully committed to understanding the challenges that exist for our community under the nine grounds for discrimination identified under the Equal Status Acts 2000-2018, namely, gender, marital status, family status, age, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, and membership of the Traveller community.[1]
We seek to proactively address these, to the best of our abilities, whether this be in respect of recruitment, the curriculum or school culture:
- Through a DEI focus in our policies, practices, and procedure
- Through appropriate training, development and experiences
- Through promoting these principles across the curriculum
- Through a commitment to Global Citizenship Education (GCE)[2]
- Through the lens of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)[3]
Discrimination, in any form, is not accepted within Villiers School, we aim to be a leading voice for equity, diversity and inclusion in Irish education.
[1] https://www.ihrec.ie/guides-and-tools/human-rights-and-equality-in-the-provision-of-good-and-services/what-does-the-law-say/equal-status-acts/
[2] https://www.worldwiseschools.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Teacher-Guidebook.pdf
Relevant School Policies
Student Videos
DEI in Villiers
Creating a truly inclusive school culture is the responsibility of each member of the Villiers School family, whether board member, school leader, school staff member, student, parent or guardian.
In 2021, we linked with Inclusion Labs, an education consultancy firm, to help us to embed these principles as part of the every day, lived, experience for all members of our school community.
