EDI Resources

Equality and Human Rights Commission

• Equality and Human Rights Commission
• Guidance on the Equality Act
• Primary education resources
• Secondary education resources
• Guide to the law in relation to single-sex spaces

Policy and legislation

• ASCL note on Public Sector Equality Duty
• ASCL note on Implementing fair and transparent recruitment processes
• Business in the Community Race at work Charter
• DfE Statement of intent on the diversity of the teaching workforce - information about the activity of the co-signatories
• DfE Statement of intent on the diversity of the teaching workforce - setting the case for a diverse teaching workforce
• Department for Education advice for schools on the Equality Act
• Updated statement of intent on diversity in education (June 2021)

Other resources

• Black History Month: How black history is taught in our schools
• Recruitment Guidance Paper (from ISC Inclusion Group)
• Recruitment Guidance Paper (from School Inclusion Alliance)
• What the Independent School Standards say about provision by English schools for transgender pupils
• Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Educators (BAMEed)
• Stephen Lawrence Trust
• The Black Curriculum
• Boarding Schools’ Association Equity, Diversity And Inclusion pages (includes link to Index resource which supports schools develop inclusion policies)
• Stonewall
• Association of Muslim Schools
• Holocaust Education Trust
• Create Opportunities for Meaningful Conversations About Race (produced by Apple)
• Educational Equity Services publications
• Speeches by Professor Paul W Miller at Educational Equity Services
• Presentation: Taking an audit and setting the strategy to become an anti-racist institution. Professor Paul Miller, Educational Equity Services
• Not-racist vs anti-racist (BBC Bitesize)
• Diverse Educators
• Weekly webinar - #FastForwardDiversityInclusion
• Inclusion Labs: blueprint for a successful D&I Strategy Website: www.inclusionlabs.co.uk
• Presentation on Diversity and Inclusion in Education from All-in Education
• Face to Face, Martin Luther King
• Schools’ Inclusion Alliance

ISI and the Independent School Standards

ISI’s commentary for inspectors on interpreting the regulatory requirements set out in the Independent School Standards , provides further information on how issues around racism and diversity are currently considered. ISI have said that the latest update includes:

“Greater detail in relation to how racism is covered by the Independent School Standards, for example by standard 3(j) which requires that teaching does not discriminate against pupils contrary to Part 6 of the Equality Act 2010; standard 10 (bullying) and 34 (leadership and management). Note in particular the expectation that schools should be alert to practices, behaviours and interactions which may create or allow a hostile environment for pupils with protected characteristics and should intervene through appropriate action with a view to creating a positive and inclusive culture in which every pupil can feel valued and flourish”.