Standing Against Racism

Our Pledge and Actions

At Ivanhoe it is important that everyone feels safe, welcomed and included. This means that being an ani-racist school is a key priority for us. We operate a zero-tolerance approach towards all discrimination. We believe that it is imperative to address racism in all its forms and offer our unambiguous support to all people of colour within our school community. We wish to assure you all that matters of racial discrimination, whether it presents itself overtly or covertly, will be handled with the utmost care and importance. We are very aware that education is a powerful vehicle for change and as such we are committed to following the LiFE MAT Anti-Racism Pledge.

LiFE MAT Anti-Racism StAtement And Commitment

All members of LiFE MAT are committed to ensuring that the whole Trust upholds the values and mission of their anti-racism statement and pledge.

As educators and leaders, we are committed to ensuring that ALL staff and young people are safe and truly belong in our schools, our organisation and the wider communities and families we serve.

We aspire to a zero-tolerance approach towards all discrimination and as such we:

• Improve the racial literacy of all our staff with the expectation that all staff would be advocates for Anti-Racism.
• Educate all members of the Trust about anti-racism in all its forms and how to be an Anti-Racist upstander.
• Develop our Anti-Racist policies and practices and engage in dialogue with others to ensure that we all feel proud to belong to an Anti-Racist organisation.
• Acknowledge racism as an inherent aspect of our safeguarding duty. 

We pledge to educate our young people to be actively anti-racist and to understand the negative impact of racism on mental health and wellbeing.

We are committed to decolonising the curriculum in order to reflect the contribution and significance of people and communities from all cultures and backgrounds to global history and to the history of the UK.

All of our schools are committed to empowering our young people to play an active role in anti-racism through the Stephen Lawrence Ambassador groups.

All members of LiFE MAT understand the pledge and how their actions uphold the statement. It is the duty of all adults to challenge and be challenged around  misconceptions of what racism is.