Preventing sexism & sexual harassment

What does a whole school approach to preventing sexism and sexual harassment look like? And how do we make it happen?

To properly address sexism and sexual harassment in schools, we need to address it across the school. To help ensure you are reaching all areas, the NEU has created this model looking at themes and threads across the school

This toolkit includes five themes and five threads which you can explore:

• Leadership.
• Staff.
• Students.
• Curriculum.
• Community.

• Infrastructure.
• Inclusion.
• Interpersonal.
• Internal.
• Imagery.

Changing culture takes time, it’s a marathon not a sprint! Change takes years, not one term or school year, and the NEU toolkit allows you to pick out the most useful first steps you want to take for your school. It also allows you to plan for the longer term.

All schools are starting from a different point, and we advise collective discussion and reflection as a staff group to identify first or next steps, given your context and community. This toolkit is designed for you and colleagues to select what’s useful and to adapt the content, and for you to pick and choose the elements and tools you want to use. 

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