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1 STONEWALL EDUCATION EQUALITY INDEX 2016 Celebrating difference and preventing and tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in Britain s schools

2 STONEWALL EDUCATION EQUALITY INDEX 2016 Celebrating difference and preventing and tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in Britain s schools Written by Sarah Rose Published by Stonewall Stonewall Tower Building York Road London SE1 7NX info@stonewall.org.uk Registered Charity number

3 STONEWALL EDUCATION EQUALITY INDEX 2016 This year marks the sixth year of the Stonewall Education Equality Index, which received submissions from almost a quarter of all local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales. Each of these has continued to demonstrate its commitment to tackling homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in their local schools, and creating a world where all LGBT young people feel free to be themselves. In-line with Stonewall s own move to become trans inclusive in 2015, I am also delighted that this year s Index is fully trans inclusive for the first time. As Stonewall s work continues and we reach deeper into communities, it has become more apparent than ever before that LGBT young people come in all shapes and sizes and that it s vital that we understand how identities inform unique lived experiences. It s fantastic that this is something so many of the 50 local authorities that entered this year s Index understand, while believing in the importance of supporting and protecting every part of the diverse lesbian, gay, bi and trans community. Continued partnership working has allowed these organisations to hear from and work with different types of LGBT young people and understand how to best support the issues that are unique to them. I d like to extend a huge congratulations and thanks to all of those local authorities that took part in the 2016 Index, in particular those included in our Top Ten. Your continued commitment and efforts are helping create real change by transforming institutions, empowering LGBT young people and changing the hearts and minds of those who just don t get this stuff yet. We are so proud to continue to work with you, and will continue to be by your side until all young lesbian, gay, bi and trans people are accepted without exception. Ruth Hunt Chief Executive Homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying have no place in Britain s schools and that s why the government, this year, has invested 2 million to support projects to tackle this bullying and ensure that every young person feels accepted and included wherever they go to school. This year s Education Equality Index demonstrates the fantastic progress made by schools, LGBT groups and local authorities in tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying. I would like to offer my congratulations to the Top Ten authorities and thank them for the important example they set for others across Britain. Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities 3

4 TOP TEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES Stonewall s Top Ten local authorities celebrate difference and work to prevent and tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools. They set examples for others on how to support LGBT young people in 2016 in their local communities, and have scored the highest in Stonewall s 21-question Education Equality Index by demonstrating their good practice with supplementary evidence. They show that success can be achieved regardless of the local authority s location, size, whether it s rural or urban, or which political party is in control. 1 =2 =2 4 5 =6 = Herts for Learning/Hertfordshire County Council Bath & North East Somerset Council Brighton & Hove City Council Cambridgeshire County Council North Yorkshire County Council Leicestershire County Council Oxfordshire County Council Birmingham City Council Sheffield City Council Nottinghamshire County Council We are delighted that Hertfordshire has gained top ranking in the Stonewall Education Equality Index The leadership for young people by young people in Hertfordshire goes from strength to strength both in our schools and beyond them. The LGBT voice is stronger than ever, influencing our strategic direction and rewarding our longstanding partnership work across schools, Herts for Learning, Youth Connexions Hertfordshire and Hertfordshire County Council. CLLR RICHARD ROBERTS LEAD MEMBER FOR CHILDREN S SERVICES, HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL JAN PAINE MANAGING DIRECTOR, HERTS FOR LEARNING MOST IMPROVED LOCAL AUTHORITY Caerphilly County Borough Council BEST NEW ENTRANT Sunderland City Council 4

5 MEASURES OF SUCCESS The Education Equality Index is free to enter for all local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales. Each submission is marked multiple times to ensure consistency and fairness, and consultation meetings are held with the leading local authorities. Every participating local authority receives tailored feedback from Stonewall. This highlights achievements and examples of good practice, as well as identifying future actions to develop their work even further. The Stonewall Education Champions programme will help support them to achieve these outcomes. This year 50 local authorities from across the country entered the Index, making it the most competitive to date. The Index measures practice as well as policy. It looks at three key areas (sample questions below): THE ROLE OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITY Does the local authority explicitly state in written documents offered to schools that they must tackle all forms of prejudice-related bullying and language, including homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying and language? Does the local authority offer training on celebrating difference and preventing and tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying and language to staff in primary, secondary and special schools, including academies and free schools? How does the local authority measure the impact of the work it is doing to celebrate difference, prevent and tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying and support LGBT young people? WORKING WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS Does the local authority offer a survey for children and young people which includes questions about their experiences of bullying, including homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying? Does the local authority offer guidance to schools to record and monitor incidents of bullying, including those of homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying? Does the local authority offer support to schools to encourage them to work in partnership to celebrate difference and prevent and tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying? WORKING WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY Does the local authority encourage the involvement of children and young people in work to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying? Has the local authority taken action to link up with local LGBT youth groups that provide support for schools and individuals on how to prevent and tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying? Does the local authority promote mental health support, specifically for LGBT young people, to secondary schools and youth groups? 5

6 WHAT DOES A GOOD LOCAL AUTHORITY LOOK LIKE? Benchmarking through the Education Equality Index improves local authority performance in preventing and tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying The 29 local authorities that entered the Index in both 2015 and 2016 scored, on average, 6 percentage points higher in Working in partnership with local services 100 per cent of the Top Ten local authorities work with a range of public and third sector organisations, such as the police, health service, and local LGBT groups, to prevent and tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools. 50 per cent of them also work with private sector partners. Staff training All of the Top Ten have offered training to local authority staff who work directly with children and young people, as well as to the senior leadership teams, teachers, non-teaching staff and governors, on celebrating difference and preventing and tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying. Good practice sharing Every leading local authority has identified primary and secondary schools that demonstrate best practice and has worked closely with them to share their experiences with other schools. Surveying children and young people 90 per cent of the Top Ten local authorities have carried out a survey to explore children and young people s experiences of homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying. Recording and monitoring homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying All of the leading local authorities offer guidance to schools on how to record and monitor incidents of homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying and language. Encouraging schools to work together Every top-performing local authority offers support to schools to encourage them to work together to celebrate difference and prevent and tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying. Mental health support 100 per cent of the Top Ten local authorities promote mental health support, specifically for LGBT young people, to secondary schools and youth groups. Young people at the heart of anti-bullying work All of the leading local authorities involve young people in their work to prevent and tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying. Measuring impact Every top-performing local authority uses a variety of means to measure the impact of the work they are doing. Education Champions leading the way All of this year s Top Ten local authorities have worked with Stonewall over the past year as part of the Education Champions programme. 6

7 1 HERTS FOR LEARNING/ HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL The partnership of Herts for Learning Ltd (the UK s largest schools-owned company, providing school improvement and business support services across Hertfordshire and beyond) and Hertfordshire County Council once again leads the way in the work to celebrate difference and challenge homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in schools as well as support LGBT young people in the local community. Supported by Youth Connexions Hertfordshire, the Herts1125 Who not What (WnW) group is the voice of LGBT young people in the county, providing strategic input into the development of services and resources. Stonewall has trained these young people to develop their campaigning skills. They have since contributed to the Hertfordshire Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Review, and they, along with LGBT young people s experiences collated for the Hertfordshire Young People s Manifesto 2015, are informing the Police and Crime Commissioner s work around hate crime and the forthcoming Health and Wellbeing Strategy. WnW is also inputting into the professional training for youth workers, to enable them to work better with LGBT young people. WnW has redesigned, developed and launched the Young Pride in Herts website and has developed a strong social media presence to ensure the highest possible levels of engagement with LGBT young people across the county. WnW was a finalist for the Children and Young People Now Youth Volunteering Award As part of its ongoing commitment to LGBT young people, Youth Connexions Hertfordshire has established two new LGBT youth groups this year, bringing the total to three, and plans to extend this provision to all ten districts in the county. Herts for Learning (HfL) places a strong emphasis on training and support for both local authority and school staff as well as governors. Governors are offered termly training on tackling bullying, and HfL has developed a pupil welfare and wellbeing package that pays significant attention to the specific vulnerabilities of LGBT young people. Bespoke anti-bullying training, workshops and surgery sessions are provided to school staff, all of which, as well as its Anti-Bullying Accreditation, include preventing and tackling homophobia, biphobia and transphobia at their core. Early years providers have been trained on valuing difference and creating inclusive environments. HfL also held an SRE Summit for local authority and school staff and as a result provided its elected members with a presentation on SRE provision in the county, and the importance of ensuring it is LGBT inclusive. HfL s ground-breaking online hub, Hertfordshire Grid for Learning, has a regularly updated section on preventing and tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying. It features a range of high quality guidance, a model anti-homophobia, biphobia and transphobia policy, lesson plans and case studies from local good practice primary, secondary and special schools, academic research as well as HfL and Stonewall resources. Also available are resources developed by the Hertfordshire LGBT Partnership such as the Herts LGBTQ Guide which details local services and the LGBT Equality Self-Assessment Toolkit for Schools on which HfL offers specific training. The Stonewall Education Equality Index provides us with a rigorous framework on which to assess the provision of our LGBT support services. The challenge that it brings ensures that we are constantly raising our expectations and sparking imagination in this important aspect of our work. This year has seen very significant developments in LGBT youth provision, led by Youth Connexions Hertfordshire. The strategic work of Who not What has led to real strides in the impact of LGBT youth voice on the development of services across Hertfordshire. At the same time, HfL are celebrating an increasing momentum in the embedding of LGBT-focused activity across our schools. KARIN HUTCHINSON HERTS FOR LEARNING 7

8 =2 BATH & NORTH EAST SOMERSET COUNCIL Bath & North East Somerset Council continually finds innovative ways to celebrate difference, prevent and tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools and support LGBT young people in their local community by engaging with an ever wider range of strategic partners. Having been inspired by a presentation at a Stonewall Education Seminar, Bath & North East Somerset has actively encouraged schools and other youth settings to develop children and young people-led Equality Teams (E-Teams) to work collaboratively on campaigns around diversity and inclusion. There are now over 40 E-Teams in Bath & North East Somerset, many of which are focusing their activities on challenging discriminatory language. The Young People s Equalities Group has written a detailed guide on how to set up an E-Team. It also planned and delivered a hugely successful E-Summit for over 160 children and young people, where those attending heard about the excellent practice of established E-Teams and were asked to commit to undertake further actions to advance equality in their settings. new members. They have also been involved in ensuring that Bath & North East Somerset s new mental health resource, Positive Mental Health Activities for Secondary Schools and Settings, is LGBT inclusive by providing suggestions on its content and scenarios. Good practice from local schools is shared at Bath & North East Somerset s multi-agency Challenging Homophobia and Transphobia Steering Group. It has produced new guidance for primary schools on making lessons LGBT inclusive and worked with Gendered Intelligence to develop a checklist for settings supporting trans young people. Its Celebrating Difference training for early years practitioners has been updated to include links to British Values. It has also set up a support group for LGBT staff in schools and settings. Once again the Stonewall Education Equality Index has presented us with an excellent assessment tool for measuring not only our LGBT work, but other work around Difference and Diversity. Our success in the Index over the last three years has meant that we now have an extensive network of professionals and young people in Bath & North East Somerset who are actively working to eradicate homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying. We continue to be very proud of the work being done by our many E-Teams and by the leadership shown by our young people s LGBT group SPACE. KATE MURPHY BATH & NORTH EAST SOMERSET COUNCIL Bath & North East Somerset s LGBT youth group, SPACE, has been very active this year. Its young people made a film about the group, launched by the Mayor, which has been shown to PSHE Leads and shared with secondary and special schools. They are currently working with media students from Bath College to produce a film for health professionals to improve the experience of LGBT young people accessing medical care. The young people have produced an excellent series of guides as well as a Buddy Guide for existing members to buddy Bath & North East Somerset uses LGBT History Month to showcase its work to the rest of the community. It holds an annual celebration event, hosted by the Mayor, and attended by the Chair, Vice Chair and Chief Executive of the Council, the local MP and a number of elected members as well as other key partners. This year, trans young people from SPACE spoke about their experiences and the fantastic support they had received from being part of the group. 8

9 =2 BRIGHTON & HOVE CITY COUNCIL Brighton & Hove City Council is consistently recognised as being at the forefront of work in celebrating difference, preventing and tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools and supporting LGBT children and young people. It continually finds innovative methods to undertake this work. Partnership working between a broad range of stakeholders is key to its success, particularly that between the council, schools and Allsorts Youth Project. In 2014 its innovative Trans Inclusion Schools Toolkit was published and has been widely shared locally, nationally and internationally and with accompanying training is having a positive impact on ensuring safe learning environments for trans children, young people and their families. Brighton & Hove recognises the importance of regularly collecting data from its children and young people. Its annual Safe and Well at School Survey (SAWSS) has asked pupils from Years 4-11 since 2005, and students at FE colleges since 2013, to report on bullying by type. The responses to key questions are cross-referenced to give individual schools and colleges, as well as the local authority, powerful demographic data about the relative safety and health and wellbeing of LGBT young people. The Council uses this wealth of data to tailor support for individual schools, and inform their commissioning strategies and Public Health Schools Programme. Brighton & Hove facilitates the sharing of good practice from early years, primary, secondary and special schools via a new online toolkit on its schools portal which also features a variety of relevant resources. There is a persistent approach taken to improving the recording and reporting of bullying and prejudice-based incidents by type. The Council also reviews school websites and offers feedback on, for example, the equality information and objectives published as required by the Equality Act 2010 and the inclusiveness of uniform policies. Brighton & Hove s success is due in no small part to its partnership with Allsorts Youth Project which runs a variety of support services for LGBT young people, including a group for children under the age of 11 who are trans or gender questioning. Allsorts has been funded by secondary schools to provide a range of services, which has led to a substantial increase in the work it does in schools through PSHE, 1:1 support and staff training. According to the most recent SAWSS, 60 per cent of Key Stage 4 students are aware of Allsorts, rising to 74 per cent amongst LGBT students. Additionally, primary and special schools continue to request bespoke inputs from Allsorts and its peer educators have delivered sessions in numerous schools on understanding difference and the impact of homophobia, biphobia and transphobia. LGBT young people, supported by Allsorts, have written a stigma-challenging guide for other LGBT young people to improve their mental health and wellbeing. It has been distributed to schools in the city and throughout Sussex. Brighton & Hove has been working in partnership with American Express to roll out a local LGBT role models project to support careers education in Key Stage 4. Led by members of its LGBT Employee Network Group, PRIDE UK, 26 lessons have been delivered to more than 700 students in three schools this academic year. Brighton & Hove City Council takes part in the Stonewall Education Equality Index as we find it a useful process for reflecting on our achievements and identifying areas that require further development. We were also keen to be part of the first trans inclusive Index and to include as evidence the range of practice we have in place to support trans children and young people. Our schools are working to increase LGBT visibility and role models in the school environment and in the curriculum and PSHE teachers continue to develop deliver lessons on gender stereotyping, inclusive relationships and sex education and on lesbian, gay, bi and trans identities. This work is enriched by sessions delivered by Allsorts Youth Project and American Express and there are more children and young people accessing Allsorts drop-ins and 1:1 sessions as a result. The work to prevent homophobia, biphobia and transphobia sits within our wider approach to equality and aim for all children and young people to feel a positive sense of belonging and identity in their school. We know from our Safe and Well at School Survey data and feedback from children, young people and parents that the work we do in partnership with schools and Allsorts Youth Project is making a positive difference, but that there is more to do to ensure a consistency of practice and understanding children. SAM BEAL BRIGHTON & HOVE CITY COUNCIL 9

10 4 CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL Cambridgeshire County Council has demonstrated a long-lasting commitment to celebrating difference and preventing and tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools. Cambridgeshire provides schools with an impressive array of practical support. Its PSHE Service has updated its anti-bullying toolkit and offers schools specific guidance on supporting diversity and difference in SRE. Cambridgeshire Race Equality and Diversity Service (CREDS) has provided a document for schools on dealing with and reporting prejudice-related incidents, and has a dedicated online recording system. Its Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE) has developed innovative guidance to support teachers to navigate discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity within Religious Education (RE). This has since been shared with a number of Education Champion local authorities. Cambridgeshire s Early Years Service continues to train early years practitioners as Equalities-Named Coordinators (ENCos). It held an Equalities Conference for early years practitioners at which Stonewall provided the key note speaker and ran workshops on celebrating difference and tackling gender stereotypes. SexYOUality, the local charity supporting LGBT young people, has delivered training to local authority and school staff, run a number of workshops and assemblies for students on LGBT issues and held open sessions on LGBT mental health. It has trained secondary school peer mentors to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic language. SexYOUality has been given local authority funding to deliver targeted 1:1 mental health support to LGBT young people across the county. In order to ensure that LGBT young people who may be isolated and living in rural communities can access this support, it is also offered through Skype, or over the phone. SexYOUality s ongoing contract with the local authority has been enhanced to offer a suite of support for trans children and young people and their families, comprising a drop-in group for trans young people and a peer support group for the parents of trans young people. The charity is currently scoping out the viability of running a group for trans children under the age of 12. Cambridgeshire participates in the Stonewall Equality Index every year as it is a vital part of the process of reviewing and developing our work on LGBT equality and challenging homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying. Our biggest achievement this year has been the broadening of our partnerships across the county so that our work is better embedded and more sustainable. One outcome has been the Cambridgeshire Equality Pledge, launched at the national LGBT History Month showcase event. BETHAN REES CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL The National Showcase for LGBT History Month 2016 was held at the University of Cambridge in November To ensure a long-lasting impact, the event s local organisers devised an Equality Pledge to which organisations and individuals from across the county can commit. Cambridgeshire County Council flew the rainbow flag over Shire Hall during LGBT History Month 2016, and celebrated this by creating a human rainbow made up of elected members, local authority officers and pupils and staff from a local primary school. SexYOUality has developed and delivered an intergenerational project, LGBT 20:20 Vision, which saw 20 LGBT young people interviewing 20 LGBT older people living in Cambridgeshire to create a truly inspirational film which is now available on YouTube. The LGBT young people involved have delivered workshops in 20 schools and youth settings about the project, and Cambridge Central Library hosted a viewing and workshop during LGBT History Month

11 5 NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL North Yorkshire has taken great strides forward in addressing homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in schools and supporting LGBT young people in their local community. It provides schools with an excellent range of regularly updated guidance and self-evaluation tools, including specific guidance on celebrating difference and preventing and tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying, as well as on supporting trans pupils. North Yorkshire ensures that the needs of LGBT young people are taken into account in strategic decision making and planning. The Growing Up in North Yorkshire 2014 survey demonstrated statistically significant different results for LGBT students in key indicators such as bullying, emotional health and wellbeing and engagement in risky behaviours when compared with the population as a whole. A report based on this data was presented to over 20 different internal bodies, as well as to the Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee in early As a result, an elected member-led task and finish group was established to focus on the specific needs of LGBT young people. Its report, Raising awareness and understanding of the experiences and issues faced by young people in North Yorkshire who are LGBT, detailed a series of recommendations for schools around policy, training, curriculum and raising awareness with parents. It also detailed recommendations for the local authority around data, school support and raising awareness internally amongst elected members and officers. The implementation of these recommendations is now one of North Yorkshire s Equality Objectives. North Yorkshire has already gone a long way to meet these recommendations. Four new LGBT youth groups have been set up, with more planned. Stonewall has helped train LGBT Champions from the Prevention and Healthy Child teams in different localities who have been identified as specific sources of support for LGBT young people and fellow staff members as well as to raise the profile of LGBT issues. Staff from over 200 schools received training on tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying and making SRE LGBT inclusive, and 270 professionals received celebrating difference training at the annual Early Years conference. The Growing Up in North Yorkshire 2016 survey has additional questions on LGBT issues and the special school survey has been updated to include a question about the derogatory use of the word gay. The issues facing LGBT children and young people in the county will be the focus of mandatory training for officers who work directly with children and young people, as well as for all elected members. North Yorkshire has also produced a film with Connecting Youth Culture for schools and settings on how to best support trans young North Yorkshire County Council finds the Stonewall Education Equality Index an extremely useful tool to guide the work of its LGBT delivery group. It has helped raise awareness with our elected members which has led to strategic support to ensure we improve the growing up experience for LGBT young people in North Yorkshire. This wouldn t have happened if we hadn t participated in the Education Equality Index. CLARE BARROWMAN NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL people. It features local trans young people and the school staff who have supported them. Another innovative project has involved bringing the school councils from a cluster group together, and encouraging them to visit each other s schools to undertake equalities learning walks. The work of the multi-agency LGBT Delivery Group was shortlisted for the Children and Young People Now Partnership Working Award

12 MORE GOOD PRACTICE Leicestershire County Council, Oxfordshire County Council, Birmingham City Council, Sheffield City Council and Nottinghamshire County Council =6 Leicestershire County Council Leicestershire County Council has launched a new cross-border anti-homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying task group with Leicester City Council and Rutland County Council to form more cohesive links between a range of key partners, as well as providing an arena in which to share good practice and develop resources for schools, parents/carers, children and young people. Leicestershire has redesigned its online anti-bullying hub, making it more young person friendly; and it now has a dedicated page on transphobic bullying which has been developed in consultation with the Leicester LGBT Centre s Young Transgender Centre of Excellence. Leicestershire Healthy Schools has commissioned mental health training courses and resources for those working with children and young people which include specific advice on the mental health vulnerabilities of, and support for, LGBT young people. =6 Oxfordshire County Council Oxfordshire County Council has created a multilevel Equality Champion School award to encourage schools to improve their practice in relation to preventing and tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying. The award was launched at its Managing Bullying Effectively Conference at which Stonewall was a key note speaker. To provide strategic lead, Oxfordshire has set up a multi-agency homophobic, biphobic and transphobic action group which meets on a termly basis. Oxfordshire s Homophobic, Biphobic and Transphobic Bullying Toolkit has been updated, and quotes statistics from its annual bullying survey highlighting the importance of tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying and language. Oxfordshire has worked in partnership with schools to develop and deliver training and to actively engage young people in tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying. A young person-led drama performance has been created with plans to take this to schools across Oxfordshire. 8 Birmingham City Council Birmingham City Council s Education and Schools Strategy and Improvement Plan makes a strategic commitment to offer all schools training on preventing and tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying and creating LGBT inclusive spaces. LGBT awareness training has been delivered to 60 Early Years Foundation Stage practitioners with each attendee given an All families welcome jigsaw puzzle, featuring photos of same-sex parents and their children in locations around Birmingham, to use in their settings. Primary pupil ambassadors visit other schools in the city to spread their No Outsiders ethos and encourage them to celebrate difference. Inter-agency partnership work, through the Bullying Reduction Action Group (BRAG), continues to drive Birmingham s anti-bullying work. BRAG has developed a new partnership with PAPYRUS (the national charity for the prevention of young suicide) to look at ways to support young people at risk of suicide, including those who are LGBT. 9 Sheffield City Council Sheffield City Council has updated its Equality Act 2010: Schools Toolkit to include a number of actions to assist schools in creating meaningful equality objectives around sexual orientation and gender reassignment. Sheffield is currently reviewing its approach to recording and reporting bullying and prejudice-based incidents in schools. Sheffield has part-funded two short animated films, developed by Safar, exploring same-sex love in South Asian communities in present-day Britain for which an accompanying school/youth setting toolkit is being produced. Sheffield is looking to further develop its partnership with the Sheena Amos Youth Trust to directly support LGBT young people and to extend its work in education and other youth settings to challenge homophobia, biphobia and transphobia. Elected members in full council debated and carried a motion to stamp out homophobic bullying in schools in the city and celebrate Sheffield s year-on-year success in the Stonewall Education Equality Index. 10 Nottinghamshire County Council Nottinghamshire County Council has established six new LGBT youth groups in areas of the county that previously had no provision. Stonewall delivered training to the leaders of these groups so that they could better understand the current experiences of LGBT young people. Nottinghamshire engages schools in a variety of innovative ways. In collaboration with another Stonewall Education Champion local authority, Nottinghamshire developed a Theatre in Education piece for secondary schools on preventing and tackling homophobia, biphobia and transphobia, and more recently it has created a second piece on celebrating difference for infant and primary schools. The Council has also run a number of competitions, including Notts Says No to Prejudice and Dragons Den 7, the latter of which has demonstrated evidence, through surveys and the work produced, of a shift in attitude amongst students who previously expressed homophobic, biphobic and transphobic views. 12

13 EDUCATION CHAMPIONS PROGRAMME WORK WITH STONEWALL AND IMPROVE Every year local authorities from across Britain are signing up to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying as members of Stonewall s Education Champions programme. Working with a dedicated point of contact at Stonewall and benefitting from a wide network of shared best practice, these local authorities are making significant strides towards tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in nearly half of Britain s schools. This year s Education Equality Index is a testament to the hard work and success of these local authorities. Despite a challenging environment, the Index shows that local authorities are not only preventing and tackling homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in schools but are also taking innovative and proactive steps to celebrate difference and create learning environments where all young people are empowered to be themselves. Twenty nine of the 50 local authorities that entered the Index this year also entered last year. They have received dedicated support from Stonewall as part of our Education Champions programme and have seen their average scores increase by 6 per cent in the past 12 months. It is particularly impressive to see that those local authorities that have taken part in all six Indexes have seen their scores increase by an average of 31 per cent. However, there s still a lot to do. YouGov polling of 2,000 primary and secondary school teachers in 2014 found that nine in 10 teachers have never been trained in how to tackle homophobic bullying, almost unchanged from a similar study five years earlier. to talk about lesbian, gay and bisexual issues in school, while two thirds of LGBT young people say teachers do not speak up against homophobia, biphobia and transphobia. Local authorities can create real change by supporting schools to address this gap in training, as well as providing teachers with the tools that they need to confidently challenge homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying and language. The highest performing local authorities have gone further, recognising the impact of bullying on mental health and wellbeing, and have offered specific support to LGBT young people as an integral part of their drive to improve public health. To find out how Stonewall can help support your local authority s school improvement services as well as improve education, and health and wellbeing, outcomes for children and young people, please contact us on KEY BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAMME INCLUDE: A dedicated point of contact who will meet with you regularly and provide tailored support National and regional good practice seminars to hear from, and share experiences with, other local authorities Stonewall representation at two local events each year Priority access to Stonewall s acclaimed education resources Support with your submission to the Education Equality Index and detailed feedback Priority and discounted access to Stonewall s Education for All conference and other Stonewall events The results of this lack of training are stark: only two in five primary and three in five secondary school teachers are confident they are allowed DUNCAN BRADSHAW DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMMES 13

14 RECOMMENDATIONS Steps towards further success Drive change Homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying is demonstrably lower in schools that explicitly state that it is wrong. Ofsted now explores what schools are doing to combat homophobia, biphobia and transphobia as part of its inspection framework. Local authorities should make an explicit, written commitment to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying and language, and make sure that all of their schools and other educational and youth settings do the same. Local authorities also should advise schools on ways they can support LGBT young people and promote relevant resources to staff so they are confident on how to meet the needs of LGBT pupils and LGBT pupils feel happy and supported at school. Identify, challenge and measure success 65 per cent of LGBT young people say teachers and staff do not speak up against homophobia, biphobia and transphobia (Youth Chances, Metro, 2014). Local authorities should offer schools guidance on recording and monitoring all incidents of homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying and language and ask for this data to be fed back to them. Local authorities should ask primary and secondary school pupils questions about homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying as part of their anti-bullying/health and wellbeing surveys in order to determine the extent of the problem, and to inform future anti-bullying and commissioning strategies. Train staff, governors and Elected Members Most school staff have not received specific training to prevent and tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying. Local authorities should offer training to all local authority staff who work directly with children and young people, as well as to all school staff and governors, on challenging homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying and supporting LGBT young people. Staff from early years settings should be trained on celebrating difference. Elected Members should also be trained on how they, as corporate parents, can best support LGBT looked after children. Collaborate and share good practice Local authorities should facilitate opportunities for schools to support each other to improve the work they do to celebrate difference and prevent and tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying. They should identify good practice primary, secondary and special schools, as well as early years settings, and offer appropriate online arenas and network meetings where they can share their expertise and inspire others. In particular, local authorities should seek to engage with academies and free schools to tackle homophobia, biphobia and transphobia. They should also encourage partnership working, for example between secondary schools and their feeder primary schools. Promote a fully inclusive curriculum More than three quarters of LGBT young people have not been taught about same-sex relationships with 89 per cent saying they have never learnt about bisexuality and 94 per cent that they have never learnt about transgender FURTHER RESOURCES Some people are gay/bi/ Different Families: lesbian/trans. The experiences of Get over it! children with lesbian posters, postcards and gay parents (2010) & stickers The School Report: The experiences of gay Getting started young people in toolkit for Britain s schools primary and (2012) secondary schools Education Guides: Including different families; Working The Teachers with faith communities; Primary best practice; Tackling Report: homophobic language; Staying safe online; 10 steps to tackling Homophobic homophobic, biphobic and transphobic language; Introduction bullying in Britain s to supporting LGBT young people schools (2014)

15 issues (Youth Chances, Metro, 2014). Local authorities should offer primary, secondary and special schools age-appropriate guidance and suggestions on how to integrate LGBT issues into the curriculum, including into PSHE and SRE, for example by using Stonewall s FREE and FIT films, Different Families resources and recommended books. Local authorities should also find innovative ways to encourage schools and settings to address LGBT issues during LGBT History Month, Safer Internet Day, Bi Visibility Day, Anti-Bullying Week and on Transgender Day of Remembrance. Work in partnership Involve young people Provide specialist mental health support Local authorities should work in partnership with a broad range of public, private and third sector partners, such as the police, health service and charities, as well as local businesses and LGBT groups, to support schools in their work to prevent and tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying and celebrate difference. LGBT youth groups offer crucial support to LGBT young people - 94 per cent of young people who attend one feel that they have an adult to whom they can talk (The School Report, Stonewall, 2012). Local authorities should encourage schools to involve their pupils and local LGBT youth groups in their work to challenge homophobia, biphobia and transphobia. Schools should actively consult with pupils in the design of anti-bullying, equalities and behaviour policies, and encourage pupil-friendly versions to be written, so that children and young people can take ownership of anti-bullying initiatives. Local LGBT youth groups can provide particular expertise to assist schools in challenging homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying. More than half of LGBT young people deliberately harm themselves, over a quarter of trans young people have tried to take their own life at some point (Youth Chances, Metro, 2014) and 23 per cent of LGB young people have tried to commit suicide (The School Report, Stonewall, 2012). Local authorities should explicitly recognise that mental health support, specifically for LGBT young people, is a priority and reflect this in Health and Wellbeing Strategies. This mental health support should be promoted to all secondary schools and youth groups. Local authorities should also recognise the vital role that CAMHS plays particularly in supporting trans children and young people and ensure that staff are trained, and that schools and settings are aware of the local pathways of support. Encourage schools to become School Champions Stonewall works directly with over 1300 primary, secondary and special schools, as well as pupil referral units (PRUs), from across the country as part of the School Champions programme. Integral to the programme is a day-long Train the Trainer course which gives participants the tools, techniques and confidence to train other staff in their school on how to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying. Local authorities should encourage schools to join the School Champions programme as a cost-effective way to tackle bullying and help them meet the Ofsted inspection criteria. Use outside experience Local authorities should use objective, external measures to benchmark their year-on-year progress in celebrating difference and tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying, as well as identifying areas for improvement. Local authorities can be supported by Stonewall as part of the Education Champions programme to develop policy and practice, and learn from the successes of other local authorities in this area. If you missed out on participating in this year s Education Equality Index, why not take part in 2017? So you think your FREE child is gay? A guide designed to answer some By Rikki Beadle-Blair of the common questions that parents might have Celebrating difference: Challenging when they think their child homophobia in primary schools and is gay, or has just come out Spell It Out: Tackling homophobia in our schools Stonewall s staff training DVDs for primary and secondary schools Coming Out Answers FREE FIT A film for Key Stage 3 and 4 students to some of the questions you may have A guide By Rikki Beadle-Blair that tackles the issues of homophobic Gay. Let s get the meaning straight bullying and language campaign Posters to help challenge the FREE A ground-breaking film for primary pupils that conveys powerful messages about difference, diversity FREE FREE FREE By Rikki Beadle-Blair answering young people s questions about coming out use of homophobic language FREE By Rikki Beadle-Blair Gay. Get over it! A guide By Rikki Beadle-Blair for students to help them By Rikki Beadle-Blair recognise and challenge and respect, available at FREE workshop pack homophobic language and FREE activity pack amongst their peers

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