For the past two weeks we have been honoured to welcome Year 11 Senior Prefect Naomi Bande into every one of our Year Group assemblies to deliver a speech prepared by herself as part of her English coursework titled ‘There is barely any racism in the UK’.

Black History Month ran throughout October, with this years’ theme of ‘Time for Change, Action not Words’.

Black History Month is not just a month to celebrate the continued achievements and contributions of black people to the UK and around the world. It’s also a time for continued action to tackle racism, reclaim black history and ensure black history is represented and celebrated all year round.

Naomi’s assembly took place later than planned due to our Mock Exams sessions but we were wowed by the maturity and powerful content of her speech. Naomi spoke passionately to our students about her personal experiences of racism and the positive steps she feels have been put in place to address inequality in our academy.

An excellent and thought-provoking speech Naomi, well done. We are all so proud of you.