The Equals Charity has been offering its services to schools since 1994. In this time, it has built up a strong record in supporting teachers to apply the principles of government guidelines to curriculum development for pupils with learning difficulties and disabilities. Members of the Equals Executive have been involved in a number of projects seeking to influence the development of new national initiatives.  By being a member of Equals you can inform our Executive of issues that affect the pupils in your school and we in turn can raise the issues with the government etc.

The strength of Equals is that it is managed by teachers, for teachers. It is a professional organisation that seeks to deliver the highest standards of education to pupils with learning difficulties, by interpreting and contributing to the development of government policies. Equals endeavours to respond quickly to provide focused in-person and virtual CPD and regional/national conferences; as well as curriculum and assessment materials that enhance teacher practices in the classroom.

Equals is a registered charity, committed to supporting the work of teachers of pupils with profound, multiple and severe learning difficulties. Equals is non-profit making and has to self-finance all of its activities

Aims of EQUALS

• Promote the highest standards of education for pupils with learning difficulties and disabilities
• Influence the educational practice and policy at local, regional and national levels
  by consulting and liaising with the government and other SEN organisations
• Support teachers in applying governmental policy in the education of children with learning difficulties
• Foster high quality innovation practice, through the publication of relevant and rigorous support materials
• Advance the entitlement of pupils with learning difficulties to equality of opportunity
• Facilitate the rights of pupils to speak for themselves
• Voice the concerns of teachers and head teachers
• Arrange In-person conferences and virtual CPD with nationally recognised speakers
• Provide members with regular and relevant updates on new initiatives
• Develop and Publish Curriculum Schemes of Work and Assessment materials for pupils
  with PMLD, CLD and SLD.
• Facilitate an Accreditation Scheme for pupils 14+
• Maintain a website and offer support to professional supporting pupils with learning difficulties and disabilities.

Your Support is our Future

By being a member of Equals you are supporting our ability to provide professional support that develops initiatives so that they can be applied to pupils with a range of learning difficulties.

Subscription entitles members to early information/large discounts related to new Equals initiatives and priority booking for national & regional conferences. Members also secure access to a wide range of 100% FREE online CPD sessions. There are also Development Days where members can visit Exemplar schools to learn more about the Equals Curriculum Schemes of Work.

EQUALS Trustees

Equals is managed by up to 15 Trustees.

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