Equality

Equality is described as the removal of discrimination, disadvantage, inequality and/or barriers which can affect people on the grounds of the protected characteristics set out in the Equality Act 2010: age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and sexual orientation.
Local Authorities and learning establishments have a duty to advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not and to foster good relations between them.

Equity

Treating people fairly, but not necessarily treating people the same.
Equity is generally understood to refer to fairness and impartiality for people in general and sometimes especially relating to fairness for people facing socio-economic disadvantage.
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 postschool destination, HGIOS 4 (2016).