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A collection of videos from our inagural Career Development Conference to support an education sector that is reflective of society

Our inaugural online Career Development Conference took place in 2021, funded and delivered by a partnership involving BAMEed Network, RSAcademics and All-in Education. We came together as partners because we share a commitment to increasing diversity amongst senior leadership in schools and the content was developed in response to input and feedback from the BAMEed Network.

The events at this conference offered support for middle and senior leaders from black and minority ethnic backgrounds in achieving their first Headteacher and Deputy Head positions. The events also enable Governors to develop inclusive recruitment practices and access more talent within their schools.

Allana Gay

BAMEed Network Co-Founder and Trustee

Despite being 9% of the workforce, teachers who are visibly of an ethnic minority background go on to be 3% of headteachers in the profession. These diminishing chances create a sustained career ceiling that limits recruitment panels from attracting diverse candidates into all Headship opportunities. We need to change the way we think around recruitment at the most senior levels.

This conference is a start. Through engagement with those thinking about Headship and those in charge of recruitment for headship, we seek to bridge the gap between the desire for change and the act of it. Allana Gay, Co-founder of BAMEed, Headteacher, Vita et Pax Preparatory School.

Russell Speirs

CEO & Founder, RSAcademics

RSAcademics exists to help schools thrive, by supporting Headteachers and governors with strategy, marketing, operations and leadership. In the UK, we now handle a very large proportion of the Head and Deputy Head appointments in independent schools, as well as an increasing number of senior hires in the maintained sector and internationally. We therefore have the power to help our clients thrive in another important way: by actively working to ensure that their senior leaders are selected fairly from as diverse candidate pools as possible and that the environment in which those leaders go on to work is as inclusive and equitable as possible. We are therefore thrilled and honoured to be working with BAMEed Network and All-in Education on this Career Development Conference. Russell Speirs, CEO & Founder, RSAcademics

Johan Jensen

Director, All-in Education

Since 2017, All-in Education has worked with MATs, TSAs, schools in the public and independent sectors to support their efforts to achieve greater diversity and more inclusive workplaces.

Our work to create inclusive systems, processes and behaviours has generated real impact. All-in Education works with senior leadership teams and middle leaders by using training, coaching and strategy development sessions to ensure sustained impact on staff and students.

Working with BAMEed Network and RSAcademics to provide real insight into barriers to inclusion in recruitment is vital in our organisation’s quest to improve workplaces in education. We are honoured to share our knowledge and expertise to help governing bodies drive an inclusive approach to recruitment of new talent. Johan Jensen, Director, All-in Education