The Importance of Equity
CEO Thought for the Week
Dear Colleagues,
I hope you've had a positive week and have an exciting weekend planned.
This week I have been thinking about Equity and how important it is that as a Trust which serves so many varied, diverse communities in schools of all shapes and sizes that we strive to ensure that there is an equity to our offer for both pupils and our teams. This is really hard to achieve given the historic differences between schools, the current financial landscape and the sheer number of variables that impact on us being able to be equitable. Equity is about access, about raising people up and about ensuring we level the playing field. This is a near impossible task! However, just because something is difficult and we may never get it perfect doesn't mean we shouldn't try. I shared this quote with Heads this week:
Collectively we need to work together and proudly say these are all our Infinity children, these are all our Infinity colleagues and we will do all we can to ensure that our Trust is an equitable place to learn and work. In order to begin this journey, we have started to consider how as a Trust we can do more things together, how we can better share resources, how we can begin to drive down costs and how we can build teams of experts to support us in all aspects of our work. Doing what we have always done will not get us to where we need to be, we will need to be bold, inventive and embrace change if we're going to continue to make a lasting positive impact on pupils and colleagues for years to come and build the equitable Trust we all deserve!
Have a great weekend!
Gavin