Equity, diversity & inclusion

At Ardingly, we see our diverse population of both pupils and staff as one of our greatest strengths and we recognise that providing equity, valuing diversity, and promoting a culture of inclusion and psychological safety are vital to our success and the sense of belonging we want our community members to feel.

Putting our vision into action:

As a College, we have long been committed to this work and have already taken positive steps towards this vision, both for our staff and our students for example:

• We have a Head and an Assistant Head of EDI who work with diverse staff and student groups to make systemic cultural change
• We train students as EDI House representatives so they are central to shaping their culture
• We run a range of EDI societies (New Era, Anti-Racism, LGBTQIA+ with students supported in driving change and leading conversations
• We run staff and student working groups to plan EDI events to ensure there is inclusion
• We run annual whole school celebrations including IWD, Black History Month, Pride etc and our Diversity focus events
• We deliver staff INSET training on EDI
• We undertake departmental EDI self reflection on curriculum and inclusion
• We have developed an HR strategy to embed a culture of care and inclusion in collaboration with the EDI department
• We seek feedback regularly from staff through our annual staff survey, the GEC survey and through Staff Voice to better understand and support a sense of belonging

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