With their commitments to equality of opportunity, integration, inclusion, combating bullying in all its forms and creating a safe and secure learning environment for all pupils and students, effective schools recognise the importance of responding appropriately whenever a racist incident occurs.

These guidelines aim to:

• develop knowledge, confidence and skills for teachers, governors and all school staff to deal effectively with racist incidents that occur with their pupils/students, staff or visitors
• support schools and governors to formulate and implement effective strategies for tackling racist incidents and promoting racial equality
• outline the reporting procedures
• support partnership work with Hackney Council, The Learning Trust and the Community Safety Unit

These guidelines form a framework that can be used by schools to review their own practice. They have been developed using training delivered by the Ethnic Minority Achievement Service, comments on existing good practice and consultation feedback on the previous reporting procedure

These guidelines apply to those bodies bound by the General Duty of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 as set out in the Statutory Code of Practice on the Duty to Promote Race Equality Commission for Racial Equality (CRE).

See Guidance for schools on dealing with racist incidents document for full details and guidelines.