LGBT+ action plan for the
year - Secondary
We’ve put together a month-by-month guide to building LGBT+ inclusion and equality in your school in 2020-21.
June 2020
Become part of our online community of educators
championing LGBT+ equality - share resources, ideas and
celebrate success. Join here!
Review your schemes of learning - you could even get your
students to run an LGBT+ audit of your school to understand
how inclusive it is from their point of view
Share your School Diversity Week photos, stories and
feedback with Just Like Us
Schools in London, Bristol, Cardiff, Oxford, Manchester,
Durham and Liverpool: book in an ambassador visit for the new year
September 2020
Recruit a Student Leader Team for your Pride Group - see
our guidance
Begin process of updating school policies
Run the School Staff Survey to look at training needs, and book a slot for January INSET
October 2020
Launch your Pride Group with pupils
November 2020
Recruit and train an LGBT+ support team in school, made up of staff and pupils
December 2020
Get revised school policies finalised and agreed
January 2021
Run our LGBT+ 101 INSET for staff
Prepare a student (or several students) to share their experiences with staff
Prepare display board content to put up in February, in time for LGBT+ History Month
February 2021
Plan an LGBT+ film showing for LGBT+ History Month (The Imitation Game [12], Pride [15], Milk [15], Paris is Burning [15])
March 2021
Use our resources to share books and spoken word poetry for World Book Day and World Poetry Day
Run an assembly for Trans Day of Visibility on 31 March (or ask your Pride Group/Student Leaders to prepare one)
April 2021
Let everyone know you’ll be taking part in 2021’s School Diversity Week
Start thinking about which pupils will lead your Pride Group next year, if current leaders are leaving
May 2021
Share 2021’s School Diversity Week toolkit with staff - ask everyone to sign up to teach one LGBT+ themed activity/lesson with their classes
Exam time - take a breather
June 2021
Work with your Pride Group, Community Action Team or Student Leaders to get events planned for School Diversity Week
Take part in School Diversity Week 2021!
Run our Student Wellbeing Survey to find out how you can best support them in 2021-22
Review the year with your Pride Group
Share your School Diversity Week photos, stories and feedback with Just Like Us