At LifeFull Schools, we welcome children and their families to our school without discrimination. As part of this, it demands that we do better and do more to break the cycle of racial prejudice and institutional inequality. We know we have an important part to play in striving to build a society in which there is equity and equality for all. We know we must use our voices together to speak out proactively for a more just and inclusive world.
We also recognise that we are a community in transformation and that as an organisation, we still have a lot to learn. We know we need to proactively and continually reeducate ourselves around the issues of racism and that we will at times make mistakes. However, we are committed to learning, listening, reflecting and improving, both as individuals and as a collective.
Our vision and our responsibility is therefore not simply to be non-racist, but to become actively and visibly anti-racist. We aim for our schools to be places which are safe for all – both physically and psychologically. We commit to creating room for open and honest conversation, where we listen to one another and where we hear all voices.
We strive to build a community in which everyone shows respect and understanding towards each other. By doing this, we improve the quality of all our lives. At our schools we support pupils to be proud of their unique identities and to reach for the highest levels of personal achievement and wellbeing. Our schools are spaces where our whole community will be supported to grow, learn and flourish.
Our Diverse Curriculum Offer
We continually review and make changes to our curriculum to ensure that the curriculum is inclusive of the experiences and histories of a diverse range of people. Through this, we aim to provide positive representation of the many communities and individuals who are part of our schools. Through our diverse curriculum, we aim to erase systemic barriers in our society through fairer and more equitable distribution of curriculum content. It serves to allow young people to think more critically about how knowledge is formed and how it comes to be valued.
Our diverse curriculum allows our pupils:
- to see and be seen in the curriculum
- to interrogate how knowledge in the curriculum has come to be valued
- to hear ‘multiple co-existing narratives’ in all subjects
- to understand how systemic barriers manifest for those with protected characteristics and intersectional identities