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Following the Oasis Community Learning, Break The Cycle conferences earlier this year (see Session 1 and Session 2), saw the launch of an aspirational plan with the aim of implementing an anti-racist approach at Oasis Academy Media City, focusing on decolonising the structures in education through; Curriculum Reviews, Staff Training and CPD, Student Education, Community, and Leadership and Management.

It has been a challenging start to the school year, due to Covid-19 and limited-time capacity to facilitate the project, where the majority of the work was completed outside of the school hours. Despite this, I’m proud to report that significant milestones have been achieved in the first term;

Curriculum Review and Adaptation

Review curriculum areas to ensure they have contributions from Black and Global Majority contributors.

• Audit the cultural diversity of each Programme Of Study (POS)– each POS representative of different cultures across the five years of study. 
• Audit the teaching and learning through  an anti-racist leans using the NEU anti-racist framework
• Review and adapt the PSHE curriculum based on the feedback from students

Review the subject areas to ensure that they have career paths that are inclusive for BGM students.

• List of industry professionals , coaches and mentors that could be used for interventions through the race trust (launch term 2)
• Introduction to Black and Global History, in conjunction with the University of Manchester and the Heritage fund. UOM will find local trailblazers for core subjects (Maths, English and Science) with the aim of including these within the lessons. https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/hub/107833/news?page=9

• Anti-Racist training in conjunction with local Grass root organisations that focuses on Anti-Racism to provide a framework for PSHE lessons
• Opportunity to discuss issues relating to race, politics, culture, and identity with teaching staff chairing the conversations, addressing any misconceptions
• Dropdown days consisting of Anti-Racist workshops timetabled throughout the academic year

• Ensure that all cultural events are included in the calendar- for example refugee week, Diwali, Eid, Chinese New Year, Wind rush day etc. Robust plan for Black History Month. Use the OCL equality and diversity calendar as a framework for upcoming events.
• Visual and communication audit report. All areas of communication that is associated to OAMCUK (Website, School Newsletters, Photos around the academy, classrooms)

Next Steps

• Targeted inventions for vulnerable BGM students / BGM NEET / BGM High prior attainers with mentors from BGM community, from a wide range of sectors. EG entrepreneurs from the business sector to create a ‘school to industry pipeline.’
• Expand the Black and Global History trail to all subjects within the curriculum
• Anti-Racist training in conjunction with local Grass root organisations that focuses on Anti-Racism resources to provide a framework for PSHE lessons. Opportunity to discuss issues relating to race, politics, culture, and identity with teaching staff chairing the conversations, addressing any misconceptions

Staff Training and CPD

Staff to become diversity champions, becoming experienced in an anti-racist and anti-oppressive pedagogy

• Deliver a session on being diversity champions as staff
• Anti-Racist Working party group (meeting termly)
• Anti-racist training (Booked in for half term 2)

Next Steps

• Anti-racist CPD structured in half term from specialist providers
• Unconscious and implicit bias training

Student Education

Targeted interventions for Black and Global Majority students

• Review the area of concern (e.g. Careers / subject area) that needs intervention.
• Targeted tutorials with the University of Manchester and Aim Higher for Black students interested in Optometry, Dentistry, and Physics.
• Student ambassadors. Focused on an anti-racist approach and community cohesion  
• Student voice (Half Termly Termly) See survey https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=zz3XjXy17EC3-HVbUS2fe_xHa7NdGvVLrMTZ2vc5tthUOVFERktYUEkxMlhXNkhVRjVNRDROUkFDOS4u
• Regular meetings with students that have been involved in racist attacks on other students. Far-right extremism/anti-racism interventions
• Anti-Racist lessons, Followed up by targeted Interventions focused on the impact of Hate Crime

Next Steps

• Anti-racist ambassador training

Leadership and Management

Term 1 Behavior Policy review: Critically Review existing school policy through the lens of Black and Global Majority Learners

Key changes

• Racist incidents 3 days in Internal exclusion that could lead to a Fixed Term Exclusion
• Return to school meeting with parents and SLT
• The incident is referred to the police and local authorities
• Repeat offenders will be Fixed Term Excluded
• Anti-racist course 6-week course to be completed
• Amended Anti-Racist section in the home school agreement for parents and staff to sign

Next Steps

• Review existing performance management content and include a target aligned with becoming an anti-racist school
• Audit of racial indents sanctions and restorative interventions
• Name Blind recruitment process when appointing new staff
• Positive discrimination focused on the recruitment of Good/ outstanding BGM practitioners 
• BGM representation on the OCL equivalent of the Board of governors
• Clear recruitment to leadership progression for BGM teachers

Community

Improve local community links

• Weekly meetings with the community strategy response team
• Collaborations with local anti-racist organizations
• Weekly meetings with the community strategy response team (Neighbourhood development officers, Salford Youth Service, Local Agencies focused on online safety, Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour updates from the local PCSO’s)

Next Steps

• Increased involvement with community partners, utilising the Oasis Hub