Sentences with phrase «bme teachers and pupils»

BME teachers and pupils face racism in the streets, in popular culture and in employment.

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, who addressed the conference, said: «The experiences shared by BME teachers today demonstrate that discrimination and unfair treatment of BME teachers and pupils is unfortunately still rife.

«Through the NASUWT's Act for Racial Justice campaign, we will continue to fight all forms of racial discrimination and promote the interests of all BME teachers and pupils.»

Not exact matches

To tackle the issues facing BME teachers, pupils and community, NASUWT is running a campaign to tackle racial injustice.

The report suggests that the Coalition Government's free schools programme may be disadvantaging BME pupils, parents and teachers.

A real - time electronic poll of BME teachers attending the seminar found that: 78 % do not think the work and contribution of BME teachers is recognised and valued by schools; 58 % do not think treatment of BME teachers has improved in the last decade; Only 36 % feel outcomes for BME pupils have improved in the last decade; 98 % feel that racism continues to be a serious problem in the UK today; 53 % do not see themselves still being in the teaching profession in the next five years, with 31 % saying they are planning to change career and the rest saying they plan to retire or take a break from the profession.

Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT, said: «Schools and pupils are losing out on the talents and skills of BME teachers who are unable to advance their careers or who opt for a different profession due to the barriers being placed in their way.

London had the largest proportion of BME teachers, with 26 per cent of teachers teachers from BME backgrounds in inner London, compared to 68.1 per cent of pupils, and 21.5 per cent BME teachers in outer London, compared to 53.3 per cent of pupils.

The key objective of the scheme is to support BME teachers to progress into senior leadership positions so the school workforce reflects the diversity of the pupils and staff it represents and so becomes an accepting environment for all cultures and backgrounds, ensuring that BME pupils across the country have strong role models to inspire them.

The ratios were the worst in the North, with just 1.2 per cent of teachers being BME in the North East, compared to 7.8 per cent of pupils, and in the North West just 3.3 per cent of teachers are BME, compared to 17.8 per cent of pupils.

Many teachers experience first - hand the unsettling and sometimes dangerous consequences prejudice has on the pupils in their schools and, for many BME staff, on themselves.