Racial and cultural equality

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Qualifications and assessments

The Black Curriculum

We worked with The Black Curriculum to address racial inequality in classrooms, and help increase Black British history being taught in schools.

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GCSE (9-1) Drama qualification

As part of our continued commitment to diversity and inclusion, we added four new performance texts to ensure that the choice for teachers is broader and more representative. 

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2024 Pearson Edexcel GCSE French, German and Spanish

Built on a foundation of inclusivity, accessibility and transparency, we’ve created qualifications that take a student-centred approach and cater to the needs of all learners.

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Our Lit in Colour Partnership

We hope to encourage schools to make the switch to a more diverse English Literature curriculum through the Lit in Colour Pioneers Programme.

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Pearson Edexcel GCSEs - Migration thematic study

We’ve added a new Migration topic (Migrants in Britain, c800-present and Notting Hill, c1948-c1970) to our current Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History specification. 

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Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards 2023 a Pathway Group initiative in partnership with Pearson

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The Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards aims to showcase talent and diversity within multicultural communities through the celebration of those working hard to overcome adversity to achieve their goals through apprenticeships. 

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Latest blogs

  • LGBT+ inclusion matters to us teachers

    Bex Bothwell-O’Hearn, a history and politics teacher at a high school and sixth form, founded Suffolk DEI Network, with the purpose of diversifying the curriculum and supporting LGBT+ inclusion. Bex shares Pearson’s commitment to supporting LGBT+ inclusion all year round and is sharing their expert knowledge with Pearson, showing us the real value of championing diversity and inclusion as a teacher to impressionable students.

  • Diversity and inclusion in Maths with Hannah Fry

    Five ways to challenge data bias and support representation in Maths - Professor Hannah Fry on #DiversityInData

    Hot on the heels of her #DiversityinData webinar, run in partnership with Pearson, Professor Hannah Fry reflects on her top five takeaways to support teachers and educators in challenging data bias and supporting diversity and inclusion in Maths. 
     
    Professor Fry is a leading mathematician, best-selling author, award-winning presenter, and Professor in the Mathematics of Cities at the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis. The webinar, attended by hundreds of teachers and educators on 30 November, explored the power of numbers and ethics within research and data collection. In addition, it explored gender inequality in STEM and ways to remove bias to ensure fair results.

  • Words last a lifetime’ Alison Kriel on Broadening the Curriculum

    On the 11th November, in a Pearson webinar, former Headteacher and specialist speaker on anti-racism, Alison Kriel, shared her views about ‘broadening the curriculum’, opening up conversations about identity, race and inclusion with the audience. Here, Alison reflects on key points for teachers to consider – starting with the incredible power of words.