It’s my culture day
Oasis Media City celebrated its annual ‘it’s my culture’ celebration last week. This is part of our journey to implement a cultural approach that views the school from the perspective of its learners and...
Tagged: leading equality
Shoot The Messenger: Be Part of the Change
I am honoured that my essay titled ‘Be part of the change’, focused on breaking the cycle of systematic racism in education is now featured in the newly released blue-ray edition of the British...
Break the Cycle: Decolonising the curriculum with Dwain Brandy
Interview with Dwain Brandy discussing strategies used to decolonise the curriculum at Oasis Community Learning
Break the Cycle – We shall overcome
Looking forward to sharing the progress made towards an anti-racist curriculum at our school at this event. See the event details below
Using ‘student voice’ to influence change towards an Anti-Racist approach
At Oasis Academy Media city, we have used student voice to influence change within the school. Student voice was collated in various ways; surveys, art and focus groups. I would like to share the...
Anti-Racist Education Update: Community partners
This academic year, we have introduced an Anti-Racist approach at Oasis Academy Media City UK, focusing on; The Curriculum, Staff Training and CPD, Student Education, Community, and Leadership and Management. We simply could not...
Anti-Racist Education Update: Curriculum Reviews
The Why The National Curriculum is framed in an Anglo centric perspective, where victors and ‘pioneers’ have written the history and defined the narrative in all subjects. Consequently, this has resulted in the ‘racial...
Anti-Racist Education Update: Help Scripts
Following the feedback from our staff anti-racism training, we have produced a ‘racism interrupters’ help script laminated into cards to fit into staff lanyards along with a ‘restorative conversations’ help script. The aim is...
The Guardian 100 Inspiring teachers
I am delighted to announce that I have been shortlisted for the 100 inspiring Teachers campaign for The Guardian and @GuardianLabsUK partnering with the Get into Teaching (department of education). The article is now...
Anti-Racist Education Update: Term 1 Review
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...
Educational Leadership- A personal journey
“Life has no limitations apart from the ones you make for yourself” In 2016, I decided that it was time to start a Master’s Degree in Education. I was proud to be starting my...
Breaking the cycle- How to tackle racism in schools
Interview with Dwain Brandy discussing strategies used to implement an anti racist approach at Oasis Academy Media City.
Intersectional Barriers that maintain institutionalised racism and prevent community cohesion in schools
There is a general assumption that merely encouraging people to mix in an urban context will result in positive interaction and community cohesion (Hemming, 2011:65). This certainly does not work in a school context....
Break the cycle – Decolonising the curriculum interview
Interview with Dwain Brandy from the OCL Break the cycle seminar, discussing practical solutions towards an Anti-racist curriculum.
Institutionalised racism in education throughout the generations: A personal account
First Generation Black British (1960s – 1970s) The British Educational System has had a legacy of systematically failing black children (Richardson, 2007; Gillborn, 2008). This is my personal account of how institutionalised racism has...
Multicultural Britain: Assimilation, Community Cohesion and Discriminatory Policies
2.2 History of Multicultural Britain Britain has always been ethnically diverse. As early as C100BC, during Roman rule, African auxiliary soldiers featured in the Roman army protecting Hadrian’s Wall (Dabydeen et al, 2007)....
An investigation into community cohesion within an inner-city secondary school: Introduction
1.0 Introduction There is an increasing concern in the state of community cohesion within schools in England. Following the announcement of the Brexit referendum results and recent terrorist attacks in the UK mainland,...
‘Break the Cycle’ – the under-representation of BAME leaders in education
There is an urgent need to address the diversity of teachers in leadership positions within schools to highlight the changing demographics of the student population. A diverse leadership team represents the expectation of...
OCL Equality and Diversity Training Video
As apart of the Oasis Community Learning (OCL) equality and diversity steering group, I was delighted to be involved in the training and delivery of equality, diversity and inclusion for teachers across 51 academies.
Out of 21,356 headteachers in England, only 277 are Black! Who are they?
Before starting my masters in educational leadership and enrolling on the BME leadership development programme, I have never heard of or met Black Headteacher/Principle. Within the school environment, black staff are typically represented in...
