About the network
The Achieve network brings professionals together to promote racial equality and diversity in schools.
Achieve provides access to news, research and resources on racial equality and diversity education issues.
In September 2004, we launched Achieve to respond to the needs of teachers and schools to meet the requirements of new race equality legislation. We set up Achieve to help professionals challenge the inequalities in achievement between different ethnic groups, to help professionals build a more representative workforce and to help professionals develop a more inclusive curriculum.
What do you get?
- Latest information, news, research and resources
- Invitations to events connecting you with leading and similar minded practitioners
- Opportunities to participate in projects connecting you with research and evidence and national policy debates
- Case studies and practical solutions from members direct to your inbox
Examples of our work
The refugee education project
When Achieve was first launched, members wanted to find out more about support for asylum-seeker, refugee and new arrival pupils. So we brought teachers together with specialist practitioners, researchers and policy makers. We found out how four key factors – effective induction practice, appropriate language support, an antiracist commitment and support from external services – all help children from a vast range of backgrounds settle and succeed in English schools.
The ‘race equality and your school’ project
We are supporting teachers to look at how they contribute to promoting race equality in their school. From whole school projects to helping pupils who have English as an additional language with their numeracy, these projects are supporting teachers to connect race equality legislation with pupil learning.
The annual Achieve reception
Teachers, Council members, policy makers and journalists heard Sharon Foster, writer of the acclaimed film Shoot the Messenger, lead a debate on how to connect schools and parents with the common aim of meeting the educational needs of all learners.
