Equality & Diversity

The latest news and advice on equality and diversity in the classroom and the workforce. Find tips for inclusive practice and guidance on equal pay and conditions

Monday

23rd Jun 2025

Why Scotland must keep its Promise to children in care
Too many care-experienced children are missing out on the advice and support they desperately need, yet Scotland has an opportunity to lead the way, says Kenny Graham
Pinky promise

Friday

20th Jun 2025

Consultation opens on changes to RO and RME opt-out rules
A Holyrood committee wants to understand the potential impact of a new law that would give children more of a say over opting out of religious observance and education
Church doors with detour sign

Wednesday

18th Jun 2025

Recording of racist incidents ‘essential’, Scottish schools told
New government guidance for schools on tackling racism is timely amid a rise in far-right narratives and hate speech, says diversity expert
Draft guidance for schools on tackling racism has been published by the Scottish government

Tuesday

17th Jun 2025

More school leavers in ‘positive destinations’ but university gap widens
The divide in university attendance between the most and least deprived school leavers grew to 34.7 percentage points for the 2023-24 cohort
Jumping over ice gap

Monday

16th Jun 2025

Looked-after children put on ‘drastic part-time timetables’
There has been a big rise in informal exclusions as schools try to ‘circumvent’ policies that make it harder to formally exclude care-experienced pupils, warns report
Inclusion children at desk
How to make EDI work in practice
For an academy trust board, an equality, diversity and inclusion policy is far more than a box-ticking exercise and it takes work to put it into practice, trustees tell Tes
TREE with different hands for leaves

Thursday

12th Jun 2025

Why are female secondary heads £6K worse off than men?
The gender pay gap for secondary headteachers is widening. Ten years ago there wasn’t a gap at all. What’s going on? Ellen Peirson-Hagger analyses the data
Gender pay secondary heads £6k a year worse off than men

Monday

9th Jun 2025

Tackling ethnic disparities could help 6,500 new teachers target
The NFER has suggested that discrimination may be a factor behind the ‘significant ethnic disparities’ in initial teacher training rejection rates
ethnic disparities recruitment

Thursday

5th Jun 2025

‘Urgent’ call to combat misogyny that drives women from teaching
Women at either end of their teaching careers are being compelled to quit the profession in record numbers, says president of Scotland’s largest teaching union
OK combat misogyny

Friday

30th May 2025

Sick private school pupils ‘denied access to education’
A council has been accused of ‘discrimination’ for charging sick private school pupils more than £100 an hour to access its hospital-based teaching service
Sick private school pupils Craig hoy
20 children’s books set in flats
In the move to diversify bookshelves, schools shouldn’t forget about representing different types of homes, writes Becka White, as she shares her list of recommendations
20 children’s books set in flats

Wednesday

28th May 2025

Make ASN training mandatory for all school staff, say parents
A shortage of specialist skills among school staff for helping pupils with additional support needs has been highlighted by a Scottish parents’ organisation
ASN training for all school staff