The Race Relations Act 1976 (Statutory Duties) (Scotland) Order 2002

Educational Bodies or Persons

4.—(1) A body or person specified in Part I, III or IV of Schedule 2 to this Order shall, before 30th November 2002, have in place arrangements for fulfilling, as soon as is reasonably practicable, its duties under paragraph (2), (3) or (4), as the case may be, and shall fulfil those duties in accordance with such arrangements.

(2) It shall be the duty of a body or person specified in Part I of Schedule 2 to this Order to monitor, by reference to the racial groups to which they belong–

(a) the numbers at each school under its management of–

(i) staff in post; and

(ii) applicants for employment, training and promotion, from each such group; and

(b) in the case of bodies or persons specified in Part I of Schedule 2 to this Order which have 150 or more full-time staff in total in all schools under their management, the numbers of staff from each school and each such group who–

(i) receive training;

(ii) benefit or suffer detriment as a result of its performance assessment procedures;

(iii) are involved in grievance procedures;

(iv) are the subject of disciplinary procedures; or

(v) cease employment with such schools.

(3) It shall be the duty of a body or person specified in Part III of Schedule 2 to this Order to–

(a) monitor, by reference to the racial groups to which they belong, the numbers of teaching staff from each such group at all schools in respect of which it exercises its functions; and

(b) take such steps as are reasonably practicable to use, for that purpose, data provided by education authorities and schools.

(4) It shall be the duty of a body or person specified in Part IV of Schedule 2 to this Order to monitor, by reference to the racial groups to which they belong, the numbers of teaching staff from each such group at all educational establishments in respect of which it exercises its functions.

(5) Such a body or person shall take such steps as are reasonably practicable to publish annually the results of its monitoring under this article.