Following on from the success of our senior school anti-racism conferences held in Dulwich College and St Paul’s School, ACEN held its first anti-racism guidance event specifically for prep schools, the attendee list of which can be found HERE.
The event was held at:
Francis Holland School, Regent’s Park
19 May 2023
10am – 4pm
Schools were introduced to the work undertaken by Highgate School and Wimbledon High Junior School (GDST), two schools with which ACEN has been working closely, and how they have identified, ordered, and implemented anti-racism principles within their wider DEI functions.
ACEN ran a workshop on age-appropriate racial understanding and literacy, empowering attendees to acquire the tools to have these conversations confidently with parents, students, and stakeholders in their own environments.
The ACEN Young People’s Advisory Group (YPAG) and student representatives from Dulwich College, Haberdahsers’ Boys’ School and Dulwich College talked to attendees about their experiences in junior schools, helping delegates better understand how ‘othering’ is experienced and internalised in younger years.
The conference ended with an open, Q&A based session which helped schools apply the lessons learned over the course of the day, to support and plan the work they are undertaking in their own settings.
The school presentations were delivered by Claire Boyd, Junior School Head of Wimbledon High Junior School, Gideon Zucker, Pre Prep Deputy Principal, and Dr Enya Doyle, former Director of Inclusion of Highgate School. As such, the content was tailored to SLTs, with a particular focus on whole-school thinking and top-down implementation.
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