1. Making the Grade: Ofsted - Equality and Diversity Keith Leslie TTE

2. Ofsted Inspection September 2007  We are ok aren’t we  Findings  All grade 2  Except Equality and Diversity – Grade 3  Pockets of Good Practice  But not a culture of E&D across the business  Decision Time

3. Options  Carry on Regardless  Do enough to satisfy our next Ofsted inspection  Fully Embrace E&D into the business

4. Actions  Appoint equality and diversity Champion  Agenda item at every meeting  Identify best practice  Implement 3 phase action plan  Equality and Diversity Group  Female support group  Links with BME community leaders  Student ambassadors  Work towards external accreditation

5. Benefits  Increased participation with minority groups  Become an employer of choice  Recruit talented people from a more varied and wider labour market  Challenge behavioral stereotyping  Create an environment where difference does not stop people participating

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