RACE Charter Mark

Race and Conscious Equality (RACE) Charter Mark is for schools wishing to demonstrate their commitment to action and improvement in relation to race equality in all aspects of their work, as educators, employers and community leaders.

Register your interest

Participating schools will be able to:

• Access three high quality training sessions facilitated by leaders with extensive school leadership experience and expertise in issues related to race, diversity and inclusion. Sessions target either governors, senior leaders or middles leaders.
• Evaluate their practice using criteria and rubric from the RACE self-evaluation tool.
• Complete an action plan which highlights how effective practice is and will continue to be implemented and sustained.
• Receive feedback and recommendations based on the action plan, supporting evidence and discussion to move conversation and action forward.
• Achieve a nationally recognised Charter Mark certificate at bronze, silver or gold level.
• Share practice and learn from what other schools are doing in this important area.

The Charter Mark is available for:

• Schools and academies, all phases, in the state and independent sectors
• Alternative provision schools and centres
• Colleges

The RACE Charter Mark is delivered by Fig Tree International and awarded by SSAT.

For further information and to apply visit https://figtreeinternational.org.uk/race-charter-mark.

RACE Beacon of Excellence Status

Beacon of Excellence status was introduced in 2025 and is also available to those organisations who consecutively maintain the Gold standard of the RACE Charter Mark. Each school is committed to strengthening a collaborative network, creating space to share effective practice and support ongoing learning about race, equity, and inclusion. In doing so, schools play an active role in challenging systemic inequalities and building inclusive environments within their own settings and across the wider community.

Schools who have recently successfully achieved this status:

• The first Primary school (March 2025): Grinling Gibbons Primary School BoE award
• The first Secondary school (March 2025): Mulberry Academy Shoreditch
• The Stockwood Park Academy (July 2025)

RACE Charter Mark Lead Practitioner accreditation

SSAT and Figtree International are delighted to offer a special Lead Practitioner accreditation opportunity, designed for colleagues working in roles as equality, diversity and inclusion coordinators or those leading aspects of this work in your school.

The accreditation is open to any teacher, support staff or leader who has in any way contributed to the work around EDI in their school. The programme enables participants to further develop the skills, knowledge and understanding as they drive forward this crucially important aspect of education. Importantly, accreditation will be largely based on work that has already been carried out by those leading aspects of EDI, with this work accounting for up to 70% of the portfolio.

To express your interest and receive further information, including the RACE LP mapping document, please complete this short form.