Equality & Diversity

The latest news and advice on equality and diversity in the classroom and the workforce. Find tips for inclusive practice and guidance on equal pay and conditions

Wednesday

20th Dec 2023

How global citizenship links the local and wider world
Global citizenship expert Ndulamo Malumbela explains five key ideas for schools exploring this growing area of learning
How global citizenship links the local and the big world beyond

Tuesday

19th Dec 2023

Transgender guidance: what schools need to know
The DfE has published its long-awaited draft transgender guidance. Here are the key details for schools
Transgender guidance: What schools need to know
Disadvantage gap ‘has little to do with social skills’
The attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers can’t be tackled by focusing on social and emotional skills, research shows
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Monday

18th Dec 2023

Education disadvantage gap widens
The gap for 16-19 students in particular is the widest researchers have recorded since 2017
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Thursday

14th Dec 2023

Taking primary pupils to Task(master)
The creator of an outreach programme inspired by the TV show Taskmaster explains how it is helping to raise aspirations in disadvantaged areas
Taking primary pupils to Task(master)

Tuesday

5th Dec 2023

7 ways a diverse teacher workforce helps a school
An international school head explains why its strategy to recruit as diverse a teacher workforce as possible is paying dividends
7 ways a diverse teacher workforce benefits a school

Thursday

23rd Nov 2023

Scottish education is ‘institutionally racist’, researchers are told
Racism in Scottish schools is ‘normal’, with teacher-on-teacher racism ‘the elephant in the staffroom’, says keynote speaker
Scottish education is ‘institutionally racist’, researchers told
Times table check: scores rise in second year
The results from the second year of the multiplication tables check have been released, showing a slightly wider gap for pupils with EHCPs
Times table check: scores rise for second year

Wednesday

22nd Nov 2023

Gender pay gap hits 12-year high for secondary heads
Female secondary headteachers earn £3,908 less a year on average than their male counterparts, an analysis reveals
The gender pay gap for secondary school headteachers is at its widest point in 12 years.

Tuesday

31st Oct 2023

Where we go wrong on diversity and inclusion - and how we can improve
In the second part of the Leading and Learning Webinar series, Stephen Frost explains why schools should put diversity and inclusion at the heart of what they do
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Friday

27th Oct 2023

‘Why Labour should end the grammar school system’
If Labour truly wants to smash the class ceiling, it should tackle the inherent unfairness of selective schools, says this MAT chief
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Wednesday

25th Oct 2023

What type of education reform is best for Scotland?
How a gathering of teachers and other key figures came to a semblance of consensus over the future of Scottish education
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