Equality and Diversity
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At LGGS we celebrate diversity and strive for inclusion and equality for everyone. We want to provide a safe environment where each person can report concerns and know that they are listened to and acted on. We want to encourage learning about different backgrounds, beliefs and cultures to promote understanding and tolerance.
Lancashire Equality Mark
We were awarded the Lancashire Equality Mark in 2023, one of only three high schools in Lancashire to have achieved this award.
Here is some of the feedback we received when we were assessed for the Race Equality Mark Badge, one of the badges that make up the Lancashire Equality Mark:
“Thank you for inviting us to have a look at the fantastic work that is going on in your school. During the accreditation visit we were impressed with the way the whole school promotes equality. We have therefore decided to award your school the Race badge. I could see that promoting race equality is embedded in school and your curriculum. Your work on reviewing equalities has been student-led and it is wonderful to see that the students felt empowered and comfortable enough to start this process off. It is equally commendable that staff listened and engaged fully with students on this."
R. Sardais, Assessor
School of Sanctuary
Our Sixth Form students led the way in us receiving the prestigious School of Sanctuary Award. Student Voice was a big part of the process, and the main theme that emerged was that they wanted to know more about what drove people to become refugees or asylum seekers.
During Refugee Week this year, with the help of an ex-LGGS student Caitlin, we held a week of assemblies in which we welcomed refugees and asylum seekers from nine different countries to talk to students about their stories, and how their journeys had brough them to Lancaster. teachers saw that the transformation in our students was clearly evident as their empathetic understanding grew through these conversations. Students said that the week of events "made the school feel more like a community" and "it gave me a different view on the world, and gave me awareness of what other people go through."