Belonging | Holy Trinity Rosehill

Our commitment to equality, diversity and actively promoting belonging at HTR

Inclusion and social justice are principles we hold dear at HTR. We are a school committed to changing lives for all our children for the better and are guided through this by our vision of ‘let your light shine’ celebrating and valuing the rich diversity of school life.

As a school we are committed in our journey to being actively anti-racist and celebrate the diverse nature of our school. School must be a place where challenges about society are tackled to support everyone. Education plays a critical role in tackling injustice and discrimination of all kinds, and we must ensure that we are supporting our children through both our curriculum and the building and developing of skills and knowledge, to question racism wherever they encounter it.

As part of our ‘Belonging’ journey we continue to think of ways to promote equality and diversity at HTR.

These are our aims:

To ensure the voices of all members of the school are heard in order to develop a collective understanding of the experiences of our community
To develop the curriculum we offer, ensuring that we are representing in positive ways the rich cultural heritage of all members of our community
To ensure that we teach challenging and culturally diverse content with honesty, confidence and integrity.
To be clear in our message to the wider community our school values which are at the heart of our school in relation to diversity
To provide ongoing CPD to staff to ensure we continue to develop our conversations around diversity in a meaningful way
To recognise the unconscious bias that can exist in our society and in ourselves, and seek to challenge and erase it wherever possible
To look at the power of language and how we use it positively, sensitively and consistently when discussing issues of race and inequality and also when addressing children and each other
To embed a culture in which dialogue about race and cultural diversity is possible, good intention is assumed, feedback is welcomed, and fear of making mistakes does not hinder progress

Our pledge:

We will continue to confront challenging issues face on
We commit to not accepting racism and discrimination in our school community
We continue to listen to our children and staff regarding their experiences