Race equality in education training programme

A comprehensive programme of training to support school leaders to take forward the race equality agenda in their schools.

Race equality in education training for 2025-26

Information on new courses and networks for 2025-26 are available to book on Ealing CPD Online and include:

• Curriculum audit tool for race equality
• Strengthening restorative practices in pastoral meetings
• Creating your school’s race equality action plan
• Understanding Afro-hair and implications for school policies
• Cultural awareness in education – understanding Black heritage and experiences
• Inclusive retention of staff

The following courses and networks are available again this year:

• Dealing with racist incidences effectively
• Inclusive recruitment and retention
• Developing your anti-racist policy / reviewing school policies through an anti-racist lens
• Race and diversity leads network
• Adultification of Black children
• Race equality in the curriculum (including primary and secondary subject-specific courses)
• Leadership seminars for headteachers and race and diversity leads
• Addressing the use of the N word and other dehumanising language in school

Key aims of the training are:

• to improve the racial literacy of all staff and governors /trustees within schools
• to provide opportunities for leaders to deepen their knowledge about the impact of race inequality within schools
• to identify opportunities to create positive change to achieve race equality
• to raise awareness of issues relating to unconscious bias and racial identity and the legacy of Empire on society today
• to provide opportunities for staff to gain essential knowledge about Black history and Black contributions and understand how to reflect this within the curriculum.