The A-Z of Diversity & Inclusion

The A-Z of Diversity and Inclusion is a powerful blend of advice, reflection and provocation on these vital topics, organised around the 26 letters of the English alphabet.
Great educators recognise how diversity enriches their organisation. They have an ambition for every learner (adult and child) to be seen, represented and included, for their needs to be met and any barriers they are experiencing to be understood, tackled and overcome. To achieve this requires dogged determination, relentless and forensic focus and unwavering optimism and energy.
Inclusive educators quite literally change lives.

Rachel Macfarlane is the Lead Adviser for Underserved Learners at HFL Education. She served as Headteacher of three contrasting schools over a sixteen-year period.
Rachel has written and contributed to a number of books on the themes of educational disadvantage, the features of great schools, and learning power approaches to education. Her 2021 book, Obstetrics for Schools, addresses the disadvantage gap and how to overcome it. Unity In Diversity (2023) is a practical guide for school leaders keen to develop their schools as anti-racist institutions.
Rachel is passionate about supporting schools to effect social mobility and achieve equity for all learners.