BNP Teachers

Mark Walker made this Freedom of Information request to Carmarthenshire Council

The request was partially successful.

From: Mark Walker

14 January 2010

Dear Sir or Madam,

By letter of 30 September 2009, The Secretary of State Ed Balls
appointed Maurice Smith to enquire into the "promotion of racism in
schools". Part of the review is aimed at determining whether
members of the British National Party (BNP) should be allowed to
work as teachers or in the wider school workforce.

At present there are a number of measures and safeguards in place
in place to protect children and young people in schools from
racially motivated discrimination and the promotion of political
doctrines that advocate discrimination and promote racist views.
These are:

• The requirement on schools to have equal opportunity policies

• The duty upon schools to promote racial equality

• Their duty to promote community cohesion

• The duty on governing bodies, headteachers and local authorities
to forbid the teaching of partisan political activities in schools

• The powers of the GTC (England) regarding suitability of
registration and where teacher conduct could bring the profession
into disrepute

I would like you to provide me with evidence of how effective these
measures are including whether they are sufficient to maintain
trust in the profession and protect children and young people.

Please provide the following information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

1) What evidence is there that schools’ equal opportunity policies
are effective in combating racism?
2) What are schools in your area doing to promote racial equality
and promote community cohesion? Examples of measures deemed to be
good practice and recognised as being successful would be useful.
3) Can you provide me with any evidence that the measures listed
above have been effective (if this has not already been done)?
4) Are further measures required to either maintain trust in the
teaching profession or protect children and young people?

Yours sincerely

Mark Walker
Solidarity Trade Union
www.solidaritytradeunion.org

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From: FOIA
Carmarthenshire Council

15 January 2010

Dear Mr Walker,

Thank you for your request for information regarding schools, which was
received on 14th January, 2010 and is being dealt with under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000. We are therefore required to provide you with
a response within 20 working days, which will be on or before 11th
February, 2010.

If we require any clarification or further details, we will contact you
as soon as possible.

In the meantime, if you have any queries, please do not hesitate to
contact me, remembering to quote the reference number above in any
communications.

Yours sincerely

John Tillman
Swyddog Gwybodaeth a Diogelu Data
Adran y Prif Weithredwr
Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin

Information & Data Protection Officer
Chief Executive's Department
Carmarthenshire County Council

Tel: (01267) 246108
Mewnol/Internal: 6108
Ffacs/Fax: (01267) 246134

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Carmarthenshire Council

29 January 2010

Dear Mr Walker,

I refer to your request for information regarding schools, which was
received on 14th January, 2010 and has been dealt with under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000.

The specific information you requested was as follows:

1)What evidence is there that schools' equal opportunity policies are
effective in combating racism?

2)What are schools in your area doing to promote racial equality and
promote community cohesion? Examples of measures deemed to be good
practice and recognised as being successful would be useful.

3)Can you provide me with any evidence that the measures listed above
have been effective (if this has not already been done)?

4)Are further measures required to either maintain trust in the teaching
profession or protect children and young people?

In response, I can confirm that the Council does not hold any recorded
information in relation to these questions.

I would add that some relevant information may be contained in
inspection reports, which may be accessed on the Estyn website via the
following link:

http://www.estyn.gov.uk/inspection_repor...

Should you wish to direct your request to individual schools, contact
details can be accessed as follows:

http://www.amdro.org.uk/eng/School_Websi...

If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact
me.

Yours sincerely

John Tillman
Swyddog Gwybodaeth a Diogelu Data
Adran y Prif Weithredwr
Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin

Information & Data Protection Officer
Chief Executive's Department
Carmarthenshire County Council

Tel: (01267) 246108
Mewnol/Internal: 6108
Ffacs/Fax: (01267) 246134

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