Eltham College Ethnicity Data Research 2023

Ethnicity Data Research Summer Term 2023

Ethnicity Data Research Summer Term 2023

Background Eltham College is committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment for all members of its community students, staff, parents, and visitors. The College recognises the value of diversity and is committed to ensuring that everyone is treated fairly and with respect.

With this in mind, the College has implemented several initiatives and programmes over recent years that are designed to improve our diversity, inclusion, equity and ultimately, to create a sense of belonging.

Each day, discovery.

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BACKGROUND

PURPOSE – WHY WE’RE DOING THIS

METHODOLOGY – DATA SOURCES

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KEY FINDINGS

CONCLUSION – NEXT STEPS

We are also committed to being open and transparent in this endeavour and in this regard, yes, we have students from many cultures and ethnic backgrounds: Black, Asian, many parts of continental Europe as well as from the four corners of the UK. ▶ Eltham College has always been dedicated to fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment for all members of its community, including students, staff, parents, and visitors.

The College recognises the value of diversity and is committed to ensuring that everyone is treated fairly and with respect. ▶ While we have a strong Christian foundation, we respect faiths and beliefs from other cultures too. ▶ Our strong well-being curriculum called The 5Rs (expand) and pastoral team combine to encourage students to be respectful not just staff but each other and to celebrate, learn about and appreciate difference.

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Purpose – why we’re doing this

Methodology – data sources

The College has a diverse student body that reflects the local community the school serves and we are fully committed to being a welcoming and inclusive environment.

The data for this analysis has been taken from the following sources. For the three local authority boroughs bordering the school (Bromley, Greenwich, Lewisham), the data has been sourced from official Office for National Statistics (ONS) in 2020 and 2022.

For the data on students, this has been taken from school registration records where students (or their parents) have provided it at the time of entry to the school. For staff data, this is taken from recruitment data voluntarily given at the time they make their applications to the school.

Having an accurate set of data and findings gives us a robust base from which to identify our strengths and weaknesses and acts as a spur for initiatives to improve our inclusion metrics.

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We know we can do more, especially with regards to the staff recruitment and retention, to make the school more diverse and reflective of wider society and social demographics of south London.

It should be noted that the ethnicity categories for the school and local authorities (ONS) are not identical. For our analysis, we have sought to match and align them as closely as possible in order to make meaningful comparisons.

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Key Findings Our research for 2022 shows that our student body is either in line with or exceeds the representation of most categories of ethnicity. For instance, In 2022, more than 20% of our students came from an Asian/Asian British background. This is more than double the proportion of those communities in the boroughs of Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham (aggregated) and more than three times the level of Asian/ Asian British staff who make up just under 6% of the school’s staff body.

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Black and Black-British account for nearly 20% of the local community. At Eltham College, less than 4% of our students come from these communities and only 0.7% of our staff come from Black or Black British background.

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However, the largest racial group across all categories is White British/Irish/Other: around 60% of students are from this demographic which is almost exactly reflects the proportion in the local community. Amongst our staff body, this proportion rises to nearly 80%.

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A significant number of staff – nearly 11% - did not provide the voluntary background data on ethnicity. This falls to only 3% of students and no-one from the local community.

The picture is improved for those from mixed race backgrounds (White plus Black or Asian): while this group accounts for 6.5% of the local community, nearly 10% of students have a mixed race background and more than 3% of Eltham staff do too.

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When comparing the 2022 data compared to that for 2020, the following can be observed: %

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There has been a 3% increase in the proportion of White British students attending the College.

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In 2020, many more students (over 16%) and staff (23.5%) declined to provide demographic data compared to around 3% and 11% respectively in 2022.

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Arab

0.10

0.35

0.50

Asian/Asian British

20.72

5.63

9.43

Black/Black British

3.87

0.70

18.47

Mixed race (White, Black, Asian)

9.87

3.17

6.5

White British/Irish/Other

60.60

78.17

60.87

Other

1.74

1.06

3.27

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10.92

10.92

Arab

0.10

0.37

0.40

Asian/Asian British

12.90

3.36

8.73

Black/Black British

3.42

0.37

17.43

Mixed race (While, Black, Asian)

7.62

2.24

5.30

White British/Irish/Other

57.48

69.4

66.63

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2.35

0.75

1.37

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The proportion of Asian/ Asian British students attending Eltham College has increased markedly – up from 13% in 2020 to nearly 21%.

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There has been a 6% fall (from 66% to 60%) in the proportion of people living in Bromley, Greenwich, Lewisham boroughs identifying as White British/European.

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Conclusion – next steps

We must do more to improve recruitment of staff to make it reflect more the local community as well as the student population. A number of initiatives to address this are underway, not least our Teaching Insight Programme, is designed to attract more applications to Eltham College from young undergraduates from under-represented groups considering a career in teaching.

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Gloria Filiorum Patres

Eltham College Grove Park Road London SE9 4QF +44 (0)20 8857 1455 mail@eltham-college.org.uk 11/23

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