Nursery World - Managing Equality and Diversity: Part 1

Gabriella Jozwiak introduces the first part of a new series on managing inclusion, with a look at what the term means in context, and a guide to the legal requirements

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We are not just a multi-cultural society but one that spans differences in language, belief, disability, family models, income, background, age and sexual orientation. Almost a tenth of the UK population were not British nationals in 2017, according to the Office for National Statistics. In January 2018, more than one in seven pupils in England had a special educational need (SEN). Some 300 different languages are spoken in our schools. And Department for Education figures from 2017 show almost a tenth of all children adopted were done so by same-sex couples.

With so much difference, the need to be inclusive has never been higher. Early years practitioners are uniquely placed to instil inclusive attitudes in the country’s youngest citizens. To do so, they need to hire a workforce that reflects the UK’s diversity. Yet achieving equality is challenging.

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