Mary Myatt on the Curriculum

Sensible stuff, no quick fixes

Dear colleague

In discussions about a broad diverse and culturally rich curriculum, colleagues often tell me that they aren’t sure how to make sure that diversity is done properly.

Most schools know that diversity is important but often aren’t sure where to start or how to do it well. While there are resources available, they tend to be scattered, take time to synthesise and are often missing the rationale for this work.

The ‘Leading the Diverse Curriculum’ course has been prepared by Hannah Wilson and Bennie Kara, co-founders of #DiverseEd. It is a six part, online, self-paced course with live check-ins to help schools get this element of the curriculum right from first principles.

A diverse curriculum will help young people:

• to see and be seen in the curriculum

• to interrogate how knowledge in the curriculum has come to be valued

• to hear ‘multiple co-existing narratives’ in all subjects

• to understand how systemic barriers manifest for those with protected characteristics and intersectional identities

For more information, click here.

Very best

Mary