School governors in England to be offered anti-racism training

Move to change recruitment culture comes amid concerns about lack of racial diversity among headteachers

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Free online anti-racism training is to be made available for the first time for the 300,000 governors and trustees who control recruitment of senior staff across maintained schools, academies and multi-academy trusts in England.

The move comes amid concerns about a stark lack of racial diversity among headteachers. Only 7.3% of headteachers in state-funded schools in England come from minority-ethnic backgrounds, compared with 21.5% of the working-age population.

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