Part 6 of Equality Act 2010 (EqA) covers all aspects of educational life to do with how an education provider treats current, prospective, and past pupils/students, parents and carers, employees, and members of the community. Everything an education provider does must be fair, non-discriminatory, and not put individuals or groups of people at a disadvantage. An education provider could be a school (chapter 2 of the EqA), Local Authority, college or university (chapter 3 of the EqA). In particular, any education provider must not discriminate, harass or victimise a pupil or potential pupil in relation to: 

• Admissions.
• The way it provides education for pupils.
• How it provides pupils/students access to any benefit, facility or service.
• Excluding a pupil/student or subjecting them to any other detriment.

[n.b. Private education, including pre-school providers and training providers also have similar duties under the Act as service providers.]