Rosemead wins prestigious ISA Award for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

The school, located in the heart of Dulwich, has been awarded for Excellence and Innovation in Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion at the ceremony which took place at the ISA Autumn Conference in Birmingham.

Speaking about the award, Head Graeme McCafferty explained: ‘The whole school is thrilled to receive this award from the ISA.  This recognition reaffirms our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and I couldn’t be prouder of our school’s achievement.

‘At Rosemead, we are devoted to creating an inclusive, safe environment through quality first teaching and adapting resources. Cooperation and compassion allow our community to thrive. We aim to collaborate with our whole community to broaden our children’s experience and make learning accessible for all. Our goal is to create a sense of involvement, harmony, unity and membership.’

Rudolf Eliott Lockhart, Chief Executive Officer of the Independent Schools Association (ISA), added: 

“Once again, the ISA Awards have been a celebration of the innovative approaches to education from across the full range of our diverse membership. The broad selection of represented categories reflects the breadth of accomplishments by our schools; there is the potential for every type of school to excel within them. 

‘A place among the finalists, as well as being highly commended, is a great achievement. This year featured an impressive range of entries, and the final nominees were strong.’

Last year, the school announced a merger with St Dunstan’s College joining St Dunstan’s Education Group.

St Dunstan’s Group Head, Nick Hewlett, said: ‘The whole community is delighted with this ISA award for Rosemead. The award rightly recognises the outstanding work and ongoing commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion at the school.

‘Bringing our schools together has been a wonderful opportunity, allowing our staff and students to work closer together, learning from one another and enhancing our students’ educational journeys.’

This is the second prestigious award for Rosemead. Earlier this year, the school won best Improvements in EDIB (Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging) at the Education Choices Awards. A spokesperson for the Education Choices Awards added: ‘We have been really impressed with the work that schools have been getting up to this year in order to envelop Equality, Diversity and Inclusion into their curriculums and work, and it has been really tough to decide each winner.’