Inclusion and Diversity Partnership

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Our Commitment to Inclusion and Diversity

We are proud members of the Inclusion and Diversity Partnership. At Wildern, part of our vision is simple: Every Student Matters.

We believe our world is a wonderful, diverse place that deserves to be celebrated. Our differences enrich us, make us stronger, and bring us closer together. Because our immediate Hedge End community is predominantly White-British, we are deeply committed to preparing all our students for the beautifully diverse world beyond our school gates.

Empowering Our Diverse Student Body

For the 12% of our students who are from non-White-British backgrounds, we are dedicated to ensuring they flourish, achieve, and feel a deep sense of belonging.

Visibility & Representation: We weave diverse, incredible historical figures, scientists, and leaders into our curriculum so students see their own skin colours, cultures, accents, and family origins reflected in their learning.

Pride & Equality: We want our students to feel immensely proud of their culture, heritage, skin colour, and identity, knowing they stand on completely equal footing with their peers.

Future Leaders: We empower them to know they have every right to succeed and take their rightful place in contributing to society at every level.

Broadening Horizons for All Students

For the 87% of our students who are White-British, we purposefully expand their worldviews to reflect the reality of our global society.

Global Perspectives: We help our students look beyond our local community to see the true, vibrant diversity of the wider world.

Empathy & Justice: We educate our children to recognise the beauty and equality in our differences, inspiring them to stand up against injustice and inequality.

Creating a Fairer World: We prepare them to be active global citizens who play their part in building a more just, fair, and equal society for everyone, regardless of ethnicity, religion, culture, or identity.

The IDP commitment from all schools part of the Network is as follows:

The Aim

Through a focus on equality and diversity, settings will develop further into places where  people genuinely feel that they belong and, as a result, they will develop a strong and  positive sense of self and an appreciation of their own and others' uniqueness and identity.

Ultimately, this will impact on wider society as the children and young people in our  schools today will grow into tomorrow’s adults. The partnership aims to shape children and  develop critical thinking, skilling children up to challenge and confront prejudice,  discrimination, and racism, in order for our communities to become inclusive in the  broadest sense.

Our commitment

We undertake this Commitment in the understanding that this is one part of a long and sustained  journey for our communities, intended to supplement work that we already do, and provide a forum  for us to work collaboratively on a shared vision. 

Settings within the partnership are committed to achieving this overarching aim by: 

• Creating an inclusive environment, culture and curriculum where everyone has a voice and  is heard and understood; 

• Developing inclusive pedagogies; 

• Promoting critical thinking of all staff, governors and children; 

• Developing a curriculum that challenges propaganda and ensures that the information shared with children and young people is accurate, comprehensive and from a wide range  of perspectives; 

• Challenging stereotypes and unconscious bias; 

• Providing a range of positive role models from across all sections of society;

• Ensuring that all children have the highest aspirations for their futures and value the  contribution they make to society and the world around them; 

• Interrogating data with reference to equity and equality; 

• Measuring attitudes towards difference, establishing a baseline for future assessment – tracking trends over time; 

• Working in partnership with parents, carers, governors and the wider community. 

As part of our Commitment, we undertake to use the self-evaluation tool to evaluate our existing  practice; identify areas of good practice which can be shared with others; identify areas for development and seek appropriate support, and attend relevant Inclusion and Diversity  Partnership events, eg conference, training.