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Priorities

Development of the culture

• Development of an inclusive culture and community with diversity recognised, valued and celebrated.
• Reflect on how we communicate the value and importance of an inclusive community.
• Ensuring freedom of speech and tolerance, whilst understanding what “freedom of speech” entails.
• Responding to behaviour at odds with an inclusive culture and community.
• Promoting cultural understanding.
• Embedding our key values.

Student, staff and parent awareness and training

• Encourage staff to go on CPDs around the topic, whilst also making some training mandatory.

Policy Review

• Aim to write and implement an anti-racist policy as part of safeguarding (behaviour policy).
• Access to the school – recruitment of pupils to the school.
• Staff Recruitment, retention and development.

Curriculum

• Present a diverse range of voices and perspectives across subject content.
• Develop students’ critical thinking and awareness of different perspectives on issues relating to diversity, ethnicity culture and nationality.
• Deliver content which not only allows students to see themselves reflected in the curriculum, but also others in a positive way.
• Review course content to ensure material does not perpetuate stereotypes.
• Have reading lists and resources that contain a diverse range of authors including those from different ethnicities.
• Create opportunities to discuss different perspectives within and outside the UK related to ethnic diversity.
• Understand and celebrate the heritage of members of our community
• Encourage discussion from students with diverse backgrounds and include topics where personal experience and views are expressed.