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.
Tagged: leading equality
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 master’s in educational leadership and enrolling on the BME leadership development programme, I had never heard of or met a Black Headteacher/Principal. Within the school environment, black staff are typically represented...
Systematic Barriers: Black pupils are three times more likely to get excluded than any other ethnic group
Five years ago, I was disturbed when I researched the statistics of the attainment of Black Caribbean children to find a legacy of underachievement and high levels of exclusion rates in UK public schools. Fast forward to the present day,...
Cultural recognition in Schools: Diversity Champions
A diverse group of Year 9 students from Black and Global Majority (BGM) backgrounds designed and presented assemblies focused on community cohesion this week. There aim was to celebrate global cultures within the school population....
Issues of race in Secondary Education: Breaking through the concrete ceiling
Dwain Brandy Abstract Black Asian Minority Ethnic (abbreviated to BAME) practitioners are disproportionately under-represented in leadership positions in Secondary schools in England. There is a lack of inclusivity within the literature supporting the Distributed...
Black History Month: It’s time to change our approach
The appalling events at St Winefride’s Catholic primary school , where teachers asked children to dress as slaves as part of a Black History Month celebrations is more evidence that we need a new...
Investing in the Diversity of Black and Global Majority Leaders in Schools
The groundbreaking Investing in Diversity training was set up by Rosemary Campbell-Stephens, specifically for practitioners of Black and Global Majority (BGM) heritage. This bespoke leadership programs has been effective due to the personalised approach...
Black Lawyers Matter- Lemn Sissay Law Bursaries
“Considering the disproportionate impact of the criminal justice system upon African Caribbean men, why are so few of our young men going to university to study law?” – THE LEMN SISSAY LAW BURSARIES.
Beyond Black History month: Black and Global Majority (BGM) representation across the curriculum
Representation Matters. Using a range of examples of Black and Global Majority (BGM) role models across all of the subjects taught in schools will contribute towards changing the narrative of cultural stereotypes in education. BGM role models...
Rochester Grammar School Slave Auction; Racist practitioners pushing the boundaries in our schools
Utter disbelief! Racism and inequality in education has always been a underlying problem, however, its been a long time since I have witnessed an example as blatant as this.Instances like this are a justification...
Beyond the Implicit Bias test. Strategies for deep rooted diversity and equality in Education
Have you taken the implicit bias test? Follow link: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html The test highlights your personal biases relating to issues such as gender, religion, race, skin colour etc. It is a good introduction for a...
Profits before Pupils? Academisation of Secondary Schools
Abstract The Government continuously lead educational change with the recurring rhetoric of autonomy and accountability. The academisation of English Local Education Authority (LEAs) secondary schools, influenced by neoliberal ideology rooted in education, (Saltman, 2014)...
Barriers and limitations: How are you labelled? BAME? BME? Black Asian Minority Ethnic?
BAME is the latest terminology used to summarize ethnic groups in England. The main characteristic that people associated to the BAME group have in common, is that they are non-white British within the UK....
How does unconscious bias affect you?
An example of good practice for encouraging diversity exists at the University of Manchester (University of Manchester, 2016), during the recruitment process they use an Implicit Association Test Beattie (2012), which measures unconscious...
Ragged Schools, Grammar Schools and Social Segregation
The ‘Ragged Schools’ were developed in working class areas in Victorian Britain and was the start of free comprehensive schooling. These schools were set up for the poorest families in contrast to the private...
