School Leaders

A school’s curriculum should be rooted in the solid consensus of the school’s leaders about the knowledge and skills that pupils need in order to take advantage of opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life. In this way, it can powerfully address social disadvantage.

• School leaders can embrace the vision of SLD, enabling and encouraging staff and pupils to participate in SLD, including planning activities within the wider community.
• Subject planning by participating schools in core and foundation subjects should take into account the need for pupils to understand their own and diverse British identities.

The subject curriculum is designed and delivered in a way that allows pupils to transfer key knowledge to long-term memory. It is sequenced so that new knowledge and skills build on what has been taught before and pupils can work towards clearly defined end points.

• Schools can discuss issues such as ‘truly British’; the use of symbolism associated with ethnic identity in literature.
• Tailored lessons can be structured so that pupils could conceive a timeline of settlement in England and UK and the different waves of immigrants and consider concepts of racism located in history linked to slavery.

Black, proud and British! Leaders are encouraged to get educated on issues such as Windrush and Immigration and how the past affects the present and feeds into the future. We encourage leaders to strive for and celebrate being a diverse school in 2020 and beyond.

Are your students ready for their next phase in life? All learning builds towards an end point. How will leaders in Schools, Colleges and Universities ensure that children make a smooth and seamless transition from Early years through to leaving school and finding a career in their chosen fields? This section helps you to evaluate your curriculum and will support you with inspection.

Pupils are inspired to achieve their very best through learning about Stephen’s life and legacy, including changes to the law in Britain. This has been achieved through hard work, determination and the campaigning of Baroness Lawrence.

Pupils focus on celebrating diversity and difference. Activities promote awareness on the impact of discrimination, sometimes linked to events that take place in their own communities. Pupils are provided with ethical dilemmas to enable them to consider attitudes and choices they will face inside and outside the school.

Many schools participated with National Stephen Lawrence Day on April 22nd 2020 and this was during unprecedented times of lockdown and home school learning. In 2021 we are looking to build on this and highlight schools who are carrying out outstanding work in their settings, teaching children about the legacy of Stephen.