Stonewall Education Equality Index 2012

Stonewall research shows that homophobic bullying is endemic in Britain's schools. Local authorities play a key role in addressing homophobia and homophobic bullying.

The Index is a comprehensive annual benchmarking exercise for local authorities, which will showcase how well they are tackling homophobia and homophobic bullying in their schools.

Why take part in the Education Equality Index?

The Education Equality Index is an essential tool for benchmarking progress. It is a clear indicator of progress and will demonstrate year on year how well your local authority is tackling homophobic bullying.
The Index also helps to eliminate discrimination and promote equality of opportunity for young people across all diversity strands. An improved performance will help you, and your schools, to comply with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 as well as the revised Ofsted inspection framework.
The Education Equality Index has been designed with the current economic and political environment in mind. It is free to enter and is the ideal way to prove your local authority is delivering measurable outcomes when budgets are tight.

Entering the Index

The Index can be found here, with guidance for its completion here. The deadline for Index submissions is 29 February 2012.
The results of the Index will be announced at our Education for All conference on 5 July 2012. In 2011, the awards to the top performing local authorities were presented by the Schools Minister Nick Gibb MP and Gok Wan.

Your questions answered

Can schools enter the Index?

The Index is only open to local authorities. Although schools and local authorities may work together to identify progress in tackling homophobic bullying and to complete relevant parts of the Index, the Index should be submitted by the local authority.

Schools are encouraged to join our School Champions programme. It provides tailored support and guidance to primary and secondary schools in challenging homophobic bullying and celebrating difference.

We've just started tackling homophobia in our schools and feel we still have lots to do. Should we still take part?

No matter what stage of the journey you’re at, it’s beneficial to your local authority to take part in the Index. For those who are just starting out, this will be an effective way of acknowledging where you began, and monitoring progress year after year.

Is the Index open to every local authority in the country?

Yes it is, and we have invited every local authority to take part.

How will the results be launched?

The results will be launched at our Education for All conference on 5 July 2012 and each local authority will be contacted directly and informed of their score.

Will every local authority's results be announced publicly?

Only the top 10 local authorities will be announced publicly. All other local authorities who complete the Index will be told their position confidentially. It will be up to them whether or not to announce it publicly.

Once we know our score, will we get feedback?

All local authorities that take part will be told their score, and local authorities who work with us through our Education Champions programme will receive detailed feedback on how they performed and how they can improve in the future.

If you have any other questions about the Index, please contact us at educationchampions@stonewall.org.uk or on 0207 593 1881.

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