Diversity and Inclusion
Our approach
At RMT, we passionately believe in equality, regardless of age, caring responsibilities, socio-economic status, neurodiversity, disability, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, and sexual orientation.
We work together with our schools to create a society where everyone has equal opportunities.
At RMT we take time to listen to each other, read, research and talk about what diversity and inclusion means.
In our work to teach every child to read, we ensure that diversity and inclusion continues to be a vital part.
Since 2003, our mission has been to inspire headteachers and teachers to:
- teach every child, regardless of age, background or need
- choose the best books to read aloud so children might read them for themselves.
- added a third aim to our mission, to place literature as the central pillar in establishing all children’s identities
- appointed a Diversity Lead and created opportunities for our team to talk about race, diversity, equality, equity and inclusion
- run termly trainer meetings (one face-to-face) to learn more and discuss how we can act to affect change
- suggested reading lists for staff
- curated a list of books that reflect all children’s lived experience on our school portal and added this to the agenda for every day we work in schools
- created and shared an equality, diversity and inclusion policy
- released brand new and updated Fresh Start Modules to ensure they reflect our diverse society
- reviewed our recruitment processes to encourage more applicants from racialised and underrepresented groups.
- share the best picture books that represent our diverse society with our schools
- provide staff surveys to identify our training needs
- provide regular bitesize anti-racist, anti-prejudice training to all staff in our organisation
- assess our practice, update our policies and agree our training priorities in line with the new Worker Protection Act (2024).
If you have suggestions or questions, please email us at diversity@ruthmiskin.com.