Action planning for impact: a Brighton & Hove and East Sussex perspective Sam Beal, Healthy Schools Team Brighton & Hove CYPT Atiya Gourlay, Equality and Engagement Manager Children's Service, East Sussex County Council

Aims of workshop  To explore personal reflections and experiences to consider what difference we want to make in our schools  To begin to identify actions and how developments can be measured

Working agreement  Respect the confidentiality of members of the group  Only share what you feel comfortable to share  Value the diversity of the group  Respect the right of others to express different views or beliefs to your own and challenge appropriately  Clarify assumptions to reduce the potential for misunderstandings  Try to be specific and own your own perspective (e.g. using ‘I’ statements)  Remember that it’s OK to make mistakes and to change your stance…

Paired discussion  What was your experience of learning about difference and diversity as you were growing up?  Start with school you were at and the learning that may or may not have gone on, people around you, family, holidays, role models, books your read, college etc

Feedback  What explicit / implicit messages about diversity and difference were we given?

Where next? The vision  How or what would you have liked to learn / experience in your school about difference and diversity?  What messages would you have liked to have heard? Ofsted  What progress has been made towards outstanding provision?

What is “outstanding”? Ofsted  What progress has been made towards outstanding provision and practice in race equality? (safety, curriculum, involving parents, staff well-being, tackling discrimination…)

Action planning for impact Needs analysis / assessment  Racist and religiously motivated incident monitoring  Monitoring of achievement / attainment  Safe at School Survey data  Learning walks  Parent / pupil / student consultation and involvement  Knowledge of local community  Other ideas…

Action planning for impact Example activities / actions  Staff training  Policy review / development  Curriculum review / development  Review of resources  Environment  Equalities Calendar events  Parents’ / carers’ events  Linking schools  Other

Action planning for impact Have a go…  1 short term action  1 medium term action  1 long term action

How will you know you have made a difference? Quantative outcomes  Racist and religiously motivated incidents (higher or lower?)  Achievement of black and minority ethnic pupils / students  Attendance / participation of black and minority ethnic pupils / students  Safe at School Survey data  Attitude change – measured / accessed in PSHE & citizenship  Other...

How will you know you have made a difference? Perception outcomes  Ofsted judgements  Learning walks  Parent / pupil / student satisfaction surveys  Other…

Example Brighton & Hove Resources  Race Equality Guidance  Exemplar Single Equalities Policy  Primary PSHCE & SEAL learning outcomes planning tools  Gypsy, Roma Traveller Awareness Lesson Plans  Equalities Partnership project materials – St Luke’s & Benfield Primary Schools – Pier2Peer  See it! Say it! Stop it! Staff Training / secondary students’ DVD to support the reporting of racist and religiously motivated incidents (available September 2010)

Example Brighton & Hove Support for Schools  Healthy Schools Team  School Advisory Service  Ethnic Minority Achievement Service  Traveller Education Service  Brighton Peace & Environment Centre  Partnership Community Safety Team  Community & Voluntary Sector  Other…

Example East Sussex Resources and Guidance  Race Equality Guidance – being updated  DVD resources Gypsies and Travellers – “Sticks and Stones”/“Speaking for myself”  Cultural Diversity Guide for Schools – a curriculum resource  Equality Exemplar for Schools  Equality Framework

Example support for schools East Sussex Children Services Department  Anti-bullying caseworker (Race Equality) – Emmeline Cole  Equality & Engagement Team  School Improvement – Inclusion advisors  Traveller and English as an Additional Language Service Wider Children and Young People Trust  Partnership Community Safety Team  Community & Voluntary Sector

Contact Details Healthy Schools Team Hove Park Mansions Hove Park Villas Hove BN3 6HW Tel: Fax: Web: > Learning

East Sussex Contact Details Equality & Engagement Team Tel: Standards & Learning Effectiveness: Pupil Well-being and Vulnerable Groups Tel: