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Dear Mr Walker,

Thank you for your email regarding a request made under the Freedom of
Information Act. I have now passed your request to the approrpiate
officer in the department and you will receive a response to your
questions in due course.

Should you not be happy with the information that is supplied you have the
right to complain. You may make a complaint direct to the department's
Complaints Manager, Mrs Maggie McDonald, telephone 01225 713679 or email
[1][email address]; or alternatively you can contact the
Information Commissioner. I have attached a copy of Wiltshire Council's
complaints procedure together with a copy of the Information
Commissioner's leaflet.

Yours sincerely

Barbara Wojcikiewicz
Complaints Officer &
Freedom of Information Co-ordinator
Department for Children and Education
Wiltshire Council
County Hall
Bythesea Road
Trowbridge
BA14 8JN

01225 713678
[2][email address]

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Dear Mr Walker ,

Freedom of Information Request

Further to your email of 17th December 2009 in which you made an
application under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I am pleased to
provide you with the following information as requested:

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

1) Schools have a race equality policy, a gender equality scheme, and a
disability equality scheme.
Evidence of the efficacy is taken from the data on Racist Incidents
collected each year by the LA.

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.

2) Schools are invited to, and attend training days on Race Equality and
Community Cohesion.
They are also provided with templates and guidance to support them in
these areas. There are
approximately 230 schools in Wiltshire. They all have the same guidance
and respond individually
to the opportunities and challenges, depending upon their community area
and demographic. egs of
good practice might be inviting diverse members of the community into
their schools, and using the
many excellent resources that are available to them to promote Equalities
in the Curriculum

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

3) You may be best advised to refer to individual schools Ofsted Reports
for this evidence.
We monitor these, and either highlight schools as purveyors of good
practice, or provide
targeted support where necessary.

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

4) We work regularly with the Police and the Racial Equality Council to
make sure that schools
are supported. Ware currently embarked on a series of meetings to support
schools and families
in the area of race and racism. Information attached.

Should you not be happy with the information that has been supplied you
have the right to complain. You may make a complaint direct to our
Complaints Manager, Mrs Maggie McDonald, telephone 01225 713679 or email
[1][email address] . Alternative you can contact the
Information Commissioner. I have attached a copy of Wiltshire Council
complaints procedure together with a copy of the Information
Commissioner's leaflet.

Yours sincerely

Barbara Wojcikiewicz
Complaint Officer & Freedom of Information Co-ordinator
for DCE

Telephone: 01225 713678
Email: [email address]

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