FOI multi-academy trusts: racist incidents & race equality

Date Request Recieved: 04/01/2021  -  Date Response Sent: 01/02/2021

Details of Request

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 please provide me with the following information about how the academy trust addresses race equality and racism. Please explain any gaps in your data.
FOI questions:
1. How many incidents of racism have been recorded by the schools managed by your academy trust in each of the following school years? (Please provide the number of incidents recorded by all the trust’s schools, i.e the aggregate per year.)

2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21 to date

2. How many schools managed by your academy trust recorded racist incidents in each of the following school years?

2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21 to date

3. How many pupils received a fixed-period exclusion for racism in the schools managed by your academy trust in each of the following school years? (Please provide the exclusions recorded by all the trust’s schools, i.e the aggregate per year.)

2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21 to date

4. How many pupils were permanently excluded for commiting racist incidents in the schools managed by your academy trust in each of the following school years? (Please provide the exclusions recorded by all the trust’s schools, i.e. the aggregate per year.)

2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21 to date

(N.B. in questions 1, 2 and 3 I am requesting the total figures for all schools – not the figures for each school. However, if you have existing documents or spreadsheets that list the requested figures for each school for these five years then please provide them.)

5. Does the trust have a written commitment to deliver an inclusive and diverse curriculum?

6. Does the trust/its schools provide teachers with the following:
6.1 Unconscious bias training?
6.2 Dedicated anti-racism training?
6.3. If you provide the above training, please state whether it is mandatory for all teaching staff.

Details of Response