School Diversity Week 2024 guide

Our School Diversity Week 2024 guide is here! Download and read the guide to this year’s UK-wide celebration of LGBT+ equality.

School Diversity Week takes place every June in schools across the UK. This year, the event is bigger than ever with almost 7,000 primary and secondary schools signed up to take part from 24-28 June.

The School Diversity Week 2024 guide includes:

• Easy ideas for school-wide events celebrating LGBT+ equality
• LGBT+ inclusive lesson plans for all age groups, from EYFS to KS4
• Subject-specific lesson plans for primary and secondary schools
• Resources for SEND schools and faith schools
• Resources in Welsh
• Extracurricular resources including reading lists and videos
• Stories from schools who have celebrated School Diversity Week
• FAQs to help explain and support your week
• A competition giving teachers the chance to win £100 vouchers

What is School Diversity Week?

School Diversity Week is the UK-wide celebration of LGBT+ equality in primary and secondary schools. It’s run by Just Like Us and you can sign up now to take part.

By signing up, school staff get access to free, ready-to-go resources provided by Just Like Us so that they can easily start discussions about LGBT+ topics with their pupils.

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The free resources cover EYFS-KS5 as well as all key subject areas – including posters, lesson plans, assemblies, form time activities and video resources. Just Like Us also provides specific resources for faith schools, SEND schools, and bilingual resources in Welsh and English.

School staff at almost 7,000 schools are signed up to take part this 24-28 June.

Schools across the UK will be getting involved in a range of activities from LGBT+ inclusive lessons, to storytime activities, to assemblies and school talks from Just Like Us, to fundraisers with Rainbow Ribbons and a Rainbow Friday dress-up day.

If you work in a primary or secondary school in the UK, you can sign up to take part in School Diversity Week. By signing up, you will receive access to our free educational resources.