As a fully inclusive college, we’re proud to celebrate diversity! We celebrate and mark lots of awareness days, weeks and months throughout the year. Some of these include: 

• Autism Awareness Month (April)
• Black History Month (October)
• Christmas (December)
• Diwali (October/November)
• Easter (March/April)
• Eid Al-Fitr (March/April)
• Fairtrade Fortnight (September)
• Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month (June)
• Hanukkah (December/January)
• Human Rights Day (10 December)
• International Day of People with Disabilities (3 December)
• International Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January)
• LGBTQ+ Pride Month (June)
• Remembrance Day (11 November)
• Women's History Month (March)
• World Environment Day (5 June)

We run events and provide more information about the topics during CORE, the Hive, the internal screens and Friday Notes.

Objective 1: To embed equality, diversity and inclusion into the curriculum and teaching and learning practises.

The Trust and its academies will work towards a curriculum, and teaching and learning practices which: 

• Are inclusive 
• Show respect for and appreciation of one another as individuals 
• Prepare pupils for life in a diverse society by encouraging respect for linguistic, cultural and religious diversity that exists in local communities and the wider world 
• Develop personal and cultural identity in all pupils 
• Widen educational and personal horizons of all pupils if limited by factors that compromise equality 
• Are proactive in tackling discrimination 
• Promote benefits of diversity 

Objective 2: To embed equality, diversity and inclusion into the college. 

We will continue to monitor and analyse student achievement and progress by ethnicity, gender and disability, and act on any trends or patterns in this data which identify the need for additional support for students with the aim of narrowing the gap for equality groups.

We will create and promote opportunities for staff voice, and debate & dialogue, around these key issues.

• To ensure that all students with English as an additional language (multilingual/plurilingual students) feel safe to use their mother tongue in school by the end of the academic year 2024/5. 
• To increase the number of ethnic minority parent/carers working with the college beyond parents' evenings over the next academic year. 
• To increase staff confidence in effectively challenging any racist behaviour/comments they see/hear by July 2025.
• The college audits the professional learning undertaken by all staff on race equality and ensures regular professional learning is undertaken in this respect to improve the racial literacy of all staff by July 2025.

We celebrate and encourage the coming together of different people and communities. We believe everyone, no matter their identity, should have a positive and safe space to be themselves.

We have achieved the Rainbow Flag Award, which is a national quality assurance framework for schools and youth-centred organisations. The award focusses on positive LGBT+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, plus other related identities) inclusion and visibility.

To achieve our vision and to support inclusion, we:

• Celebrate recognised LGBT+ events. 
• Promote LGBT+ inspirational figures. 
• Learn about LGBT+ issues/discrimination in CORE, ensuring students know how to report and handle this.
• Train staff to support students with - and understand - the importance of using correct pronouns, knowing our students gender identities and reporting LGBT+ phobic behaviours. 
• Have LGBT+ student run groups and committees to ensure their voices are heard within college. 

For more information about LGBT+ organisations in Manchester:

• The Proud Trust
• Stonewall 
• LGBT Foundation

Follow our social media to see photos and updates about our LGBT+ events.