Equity
What does equity mean? Equity means that people are treated fairly, but are not necessarily treated the same.
‘Equity in education means that personal or social circumstances such as gender, ethnic origin or family background are not obstacles to achieving educational potential and that all our young people are well supported to secure wellbeing, skills for learning, life and work and the best possible post-school destination’.
Education Scotland, How Good is our School? 4th Edition, p. 59
Equity is generally understood to refer to fairness and impartiality for people and sometimes especially relating to fairness for people facing socio-economic disadvantage.
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Equality