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What are Optional requirements?

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Written by Joe
Updated over 4 months ago

Some of the requirements in Robin are marked as 'Optional' and look a little different, for example the gender pay gap requirement for schools:

Why are there Optional requirements?

We set requirements as Optional when they don't apply to all schools. It allows us to show requirements in the report but treat them differently.

Do Optional requirements count towards our compliance percentage?

  • If an Optional requirement is met and marked with a βœ… then it does count towards the overall % compliance for the school

  • If an Optional requirement is not found, it is marked with a grey X, but this does not count towards the overall compliance for the school

Which requirements are set as Optional?

The following sets of requirements are set as Optional:

Academies and Maintained schools:

  • Gender pay gap reports

Special schools

  • Performance data items

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