NEW RESOURCES
AVAILABLE HERE - PRODUCED AS A RESPONSE TO THE RACIST & ISLAMOPHOBIC RIOTS OF AUGUST 2024
Anti-Racism Pledge For Schools
in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
Dear Colleagues,
We understand this remains a highly challenging time for schools, but believe it is crucial that we as educators and people with an interest in the education and welfare of young people, continue to take leadership to challenge racism and work towards racial justice.
We are asking for you to support our Anti-Racism Pledge for Schools and Colleges in Leicester , Leicestershire and Rutland.
By signing the attached pledge and positively upholding the five key actions, you will be showing your support and commitment towards ensuring all our children and young people can be proud of attending Anti-Racist Schools.
We acknowledge that these actions are just the first step in a dialogue and if significant changes are to happen it will require commitment, but we want to assure you that resources and support will be available from the organisations supporting this initiative.
We hope you will agree with the necessity of signing the Anti-Racism Pledge and look forward to hearing from you.
We call on schools to take 5 key actions
1. Release a statement showing their commitment to challenging all forms of racism and faith-based abuse and discrimination, including Anti-Black racism and acknowledge the call for “Black Lives Matter”.
2. Carry out an audit to include Equality Impact Assessments on all school policies and practices - review / rewrite accordingly.
3. Display clear information on how to report racist incidents and commit to releasing data in relation to this.
4. Commit to the teaching of racism, migration, Empire & colonialism.
5. Provide Racial Literacy training for all staff & Governors; to improve the understanding of racism as institutional & structural, the history behind it, the ways the education system reproduces racism & racial inequalities.
