The Equity By Design report from the Excluded Lives Project offers policy and practice recommendations for developing school inclusion and reducing school exclusion in England to support vulnerable pupils.
There will be an online discussion of the Equity by Design report on 13 May 2025 at 5pm – 6pm.
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The report highlights four key areas with a series of recommendations for developing systems that are equitable by design:
- Shared Vision
- Develop clear and shared definitions of inclusive and relational practices.
- Equity embedded in policy language and discourse.
- Enshrine the right for all school members, children and adults, to be safe.
- Shared Responsibility
- Broaden accountability to include and incentivise both high expectations and inclusive practice.
- Shared definition of anti-discriminatory schooling.
- Collaborative Infrastructures and Systems
- Local area collaborative infrastructure models.
- Investment for equitable and targeted funding.
- Cultures of inclusion
- Inclusive curriculum and assessment.
- Positive school cultures.