{"id":116730,"date":"2022-11-23T17:02:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T22:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=116730"},"modified":"2022-11-23T18:50:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T23:50:09","slug":"church-aims-to-double-number-of-uk-minority-ethnic-head-teachers-in-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=116730","title":{"rendered":"Church aims to double number of UK Minority Ethnic Head Teachers in England"},"content":{"rendered":"

The \u2018Leaders Like Us<\/a>\u2019 scheme, which is now open for applications, aims to equip UKME teachers with the skills for headship, and has funding to train more than 450 teachers by 2027.<\/p>\n

Around one in every three students in schools in England are from UKME backgrounds, but there are fewer than 400 headteachers from the same backgrounds in total, out of more than 20,000 schools.<\/p>\n

Research shows that the impact of teacher and school leader representation on students is significant; their attainment and likelihood of progressing to tertiary education is exponentially higher when students see leaders like them. Their exclusion and suspension rates decrease and future aspirations are also measurably lower.<\/p>\n

However, data shows that teachers from UKME backgrounds are much less likely to progress to senior positions within their schools than their white peers, becoming increasingly under-represented the more senior the role. A recent report from the National Foundation for Educational Research showed that rather than improving over the last few years, there has in fact been a decline in representation.<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Church of England aims to double the number of UK Minority Ethnic (UKME) Head Teachers in all schools in England over the next five years.<\/p>\n

Read more at https:\/\/t.co\/mVxyLnXnYm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

— The Church of England (@churchofengland) November 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n