Racial Equity Network
In July 2024 representatives from OTT/OTSA/OTSH and partner schools attended the Racial Equity Network Dinner, organised by the Chiltern Teaching School Hub, in Luton. It was a powerful and inspiring event that reminded us that we have made limited progress in creating a teaching workforce that fully represents the society in which we live.
Following the event we have a local racial equity network.
We have agreed these initial broad aims:
To create a safe space for anyone in education who would like to be involved
To focus on positivity, inspiration and celebration
To develop a sustainable network which actively champions our ‘differences’
To consider ways in which we can develop three main strands of focus:
- Promotion and celebration of an anti-racist curriculum and school community
- Recruitment and retention of a diverse workforce
- Ambition, aspiration and opportunity for all staff, to meet individual career goals
Oxfordshire colleagues at the Racial Equity Network Dinner, July 2024
