July 2020

• The NBP16 Leadership team met with alumni of both of our schools (representing the signatories on the letter) to hear the voices of our former students and gain feedback about our plans to move forward with our work on antiracism.
• We have relaunched our student leadership structure to create roles specifically focused on equity and diversity. 
• At both Cotham and Redland Green schools we have set plans in place for our staff to have a series of training opportunities throughout the year to build their confidence in their work around equity and diversity. 
• Together, we have started working with Leeds Beckett University to review our progress and better understand the areas where we need to improve. We are committed to a programme of work to embed a culture of antiracism in all aspects of our community.
• We have started a working relationship with former student Michael Herford (founder of Legal Lifelines) to explore a range of ways that we can join up our work in this area. 
• As we conduct our annual curriculum review, we will be carefully reviewing the provision we have in place to ensure that our offer is broad, our content is representative and our admissions process removes barriers for students who have faced additional challenges, especially those who have English as an additional language. 
• This summer we have also looked carefully at our Tutor Program to help our staff and students build the confidence and vocabulary to talk about race. 
• Post 16 staff updates have been re-shaped to now incorporate a ‘drip-feeding’ of equity and diversity training, resource or research into our weekly communications.