Resources

SAfE is proud to have signed Good Company Surrey’s End Poverty Pledge, committing to do whatever we can to work towards a poverty-free future in Surrey.

With the cost-of-living crisis, an ever-increasing number of people have needed support because they cannot afford life’s essentials. The cost of school uniform and school activities means that low-income families are feeling the financial impact, with detrimental effects on their children’s learning.

Good Company Surrey are calling on local residents, service providers, and businesses to sign up to an End Poverty Pledge. The aim is to build a movement of people and organisations committed to doing what we can locally to reduce poverty and improve the lives of those who are experiencing financial hardship.

Racism, sexism and homophobia are a curse on any civilised society and any good education should play an active role in reducing their prevalence. Sadly, recent reports reveal that there has been a sharp increase in instances of racism within primary schools.

Eluminate has devised a version of its Belonging and Inclusion Survey for primary schools. It’s aimed at children in Years 5 and 6. It’s similar to the survey successfully used for secondary school pupils but is shorter, uses simpler language, and just targets racism, sexism and homophobia rather than all the protected characteristics. It lets schools know the extent to which all Year 5 and 6 pupils – including those with protected characteristics – feel a sense of belonging at school. It also reveals the extent to which there is any sexist/racist/homophobic language/behaviour occurring in their school. And it also provides actionable data – it lets schools know where such behaviour is occurring.

To find out more, visit https://eluminate.org.uk/.

SAfE has secured a license for every Surrey school to access the Inclusive Employers toolkit. The toolkit is free to use and consists of 12 x 30 minute educational sessions aimed at supporting every adult who works in your school to think and behave with inclusivity at the core of every action and interaction. Sessions can be run as whole school or smaller team experiences, with full facilitator guidance provided. Facilitators can be any adult in the school. So your office team could have sessions facilitated by a member of the team, or a curriculum team could have sessions facilitated by a teacher in that group.

You can find out more about using the inclusive employers toolkit by watching this 5 minute clip. If you would like to access the resources, please email e.johnston@schoolsallexcel.com.

Evaluate My School helps schools, local authorities and multi-academy trusts improve the quality of their self-evaluation.

Written in collaboration with national experts, the platform asks best practice questions, providing you with the information you need to make informed strategic decisions for your organisation. EMS has the capability to assist school leaders in their self-evaluation of seven core areas and generates user friendly data and summaries that ensure that accurate self-evaluation is the foundation for a solution focused approach to school self-improvement.

Every school is able to have free access to the Rethinking Inclusion Framework. We see this as a fantastic opportunity for leaders to engage in discussions with a range of stakeholders, using evidence and facts which gives an accurate reflection of school performance and practices around inclusion. We firmly believe that effective self-evaluation ensures that the right areas of inclusion receive focus and attention, so they further develop and improve.

Get your login and free access to the Rethinking Inclusion Framework by e-mailing admin@schoolsallexcel.com

We have developed the Rethinking Inclusion Framework to support schools to engage in rich discussions around inclusion focusing on 8 dimensions: