This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition End the culture of black teachers being denied top leadership roles in schools
Black teachers in Britain are constantly overlooked for promotions in the workplace. In addition, they are side tracked and pressurised, thereby forcing them to either leave the profession or accept jobs that they are over qualified for.
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Black kids populate London schools, yet the education system denies them of black role models in leadership roles.
The ethnic make-up of those in senior teaching roles remains broadly static with 93.5% of headteachers describing themselves as "white British".
(DFE 24 September 2018)
A government report by Lord Swann in 1985 noted there were "disproportionately low numbers of teachers of ethnic-minority origin in our schools" and called for a response - but little has changed.
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