Impact of Inequality and Discrimination on Children, Families, and Staff

Reflective Essay

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
LO1 Demonstrate knowledge of legislation and official guidance in area of equalities and
special educational needs and identify how these relate to ethical practice in early childhood.
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LO2 Describe and analyse the ways in which inequalities may impact on the babies, young
children, families and staff within early years settings. .............................................................5
LO3 Examine and evaluate their own practice, and that of others, in challenging inequalities
and ensuring inclusion to full curriculum for all children. .........................................................8
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Equality is ensuring about individuals or group of individuals that are not treated
differently or in less favourable manner such on their specific kind of protected characteristic
which includes areas of race, gender, disability and sexual orientation. Promoting equality helps
to remove discrimination in all of the aforementioned spheres. Bullying, harassment or
victimisation also come under the equality and diversity issue. Respective report is based on
knowledge of legislation majorly in sphere of equalities with necessity of special education by
relating ethical practices from the early childhood. Further it elaborates the ways or methods by
which inequalities impact on the babies, young children, families and staff within the early age.
At last it includes the own and other practices by including the challenging inequalities ensuring
full inclusion of curriculum for all children in order to remain competitive. The major objective
behind reflective report is to collect potential knowledge about issues of inequality in early
childhood is important and their impact on experiences of children and adults in early childhood
settings.
LO1 Demonstrate knowledge of legislation and official guidance in area of equalities and special
educational needs and identify how these relate to ethical practice in early childhood.
It is very much important to accumulate necessary knowledge and information regarding
inequality and discrimination with their impact on the survival, health growth and early years of
development of girls and boys (Butterb and Collins, 2019). It is rationale to invest in gender
equality transformative early childhood programming in order to break the cycle of gender
discrimination, promote the rights of girls and boys and advance kind of gender equality so that
every one can get equal rights for gaining desirable goals and objectives. As Early childhood is
one of most important phrase of life in the development of person. In that period an individual
can be able to prosper cognitive, social and emotional skills that influence on their lifelong
educational achievement, health and well-being (Education inequalities at the school starting
gate, 2019). When young girls and boys denied towards access of opportunities such as care and
services that needed to thrive and develop one self which affect their rest of life.
There are wide scope of legislation and codes of practices for the promotion of equality
and valuing of diversity with children and young people in order to give one of best efforts for
enhancement of an individual. In UK marketplace each school must have to produce the policies

that formally set out guidelines and procedure to ensure equality. Here are the knowledge of
important legislation to protect rights of children and young people:
Disability discrimination act, 2005:
Respective act come into effect in 1995 and amended no. of times which defines
disability as a physical or mental impairment that have substantial and long term adverse effect
on ability of an individual (Coltman, Jones and Rosen, 2019). So respective act helps to
schools to produce a disability equality scheme and its access plan. Schools must encourage their
participation in every aspect of school life for elimination of harassment and unlawful
discrimination.
Children act, 2004:
Respective act was firstly introduced in year 1989 and was amended in year 2004 after
death inquiry of Victoria Climbie. The major aim of respective act is to make UK a better and
safe place for all ages group of children in order to they can contribute one of their best efforts in
future. It liable for providing necessary rights to children so that they remain healthy and gain
equally rights. Respective kind of legislations helps to children's and others to obliged the
necessities of treating people in equal and coherent way to remain disciplined throughout the life.
To educate from their early childhood regarding equality and diversity plays very much
crucial role, in that context inclusive education plays very much important role which means
different and diverse students gain learning side by side in the same classrooms. To rise the
understanding of equality they together enjoy field trips and after school activities (Demie,
2019.). Respective kind of education values diversity and unique contribution of each and every
student. Inclusive education directly related with the ethical work practices as it develop the
collaborative working by behaving people in equal manner in correspondence of equal
opportunities to each and every individual. So that each and every individual can gain potential
outcomes opportunities available in front of them.
The major initiative taken by the government in order to maintain the equality and
diversity at the workplace as they establish the impact assessments which is the central body for
complying with equality and diversity law helps to public bodies to complete for race, disability
and gender in context of children and young people. It shows the groups hat are adversely
affected and accordingly change the policy or procedures to eliminate adverse effects on an
individual.