ELP support for race equality

The 2023-24 academic year is the second year of the ELP race equality in education programme and details of the support available to schools can be found below.

Leadership

Engaging parents and communities

  • Bespoke support for individual schools to establish Black Parent Forums in schools. Place still available for cohort 2 starting in January 2024 – for more details email educationraceequality@ealing.gov.uk
  • Guidance for schools on communicating their race equality journey to parents
  • Parent Representative Forum established with key community leaders to ensure that the views and experiences of parents/carers inform the race equality programme.

Curriculum, progress and inclusion

  • Race equality in the curriculum training courses available – primary focus and also secondary subject-specific courses. Details can be found on CPD Online
  • Race equality priorities integrated into ELP networks, e.g. SENCO, Curriculum leads, Post 16 Network, Deputy Heads network etc
  • Therapeutic Thinking programme open to new schools, including additional outreach support
  • With Insight Education mentoring programmes to support Black heritage students to progress to top universities With Insight Education.

Developing cultures and behaviour

  • Training to improve the racial literacy of all school staff as a foundation for achieving systemic change within the school.
    • All schools are strongly advised to participate in the Challenging Disproportionality and Developing Cultural Competence Facilitator training - two members of school staff will be trained and supported to facilitate the course with the whole school staff, using video resources developed within Ealing.
  • New training courses have been added this year and places can be booked via CPD Online:
    • Reviewing school policies through an anti-racist lens
    • Developing your anti-racist policy
    • Dealing effectively with racist incidences
    • Adultification of Black children
  • Staff new to Ealing schools can access an online version of the Challenging Disproportionality training – the aim is to ensure that ALL staff in Ealing schools are racially literate and fully equipped to ne anti-racist educators in our schools.

Inclusive recruitment and retention

  • Diversity in leadership programme open to teachers from Black, Asian and minoritised ethnicity communities who would like to pursue roles in senior leadership. It is a year-long programme including assessment, leadership coaching, training, mock recruitment experience, work shadowing
  • ‘Talking Heads’ promotional videos representative of leadership roles, phases and ethnicities have been produced to promote Ealing as a great place to work and also to encourage existing staff to stay within Ealing to develop their career.
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Last updated: 14 Dec 2023

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