How did schools celebrate School Diversity Week 2025?

From 23 – 27 June 2025, schools across the UK celebrated School Diversity Week, the annual celebration of LGBT+ equality in primary and secondary schools.

Schools across the UK took part in a huge range of activities, including Pride walks, talent shows, LGBT+ inclusive lessons, colourful displays, whole school assemblies, Rainbow Friday non-uniform day and fundraising for Just Like Us.

This year, Just Like Us announced that all of our charity programmes are now free, making LGBT+ inclusion accessible to all pupils and educators across the UK. School Diversity Week was sponsored by Bett Global, the world’s biggest celebration of education.

Nicola Collins, a teacher at St Stephen’s CofE primary School in west London, said: “We kicked off the week well with a whole school assembly and a visit from our local MP. The children shared their own lovely thoughts on diversity and how it is important to be yourself on the inside and on the outside. To also treat others with respect regardless of their differences. We also had two further assemblies (KS1 then KS2) about gender stereotypes and feeling proud of who you are. 

“The EYFS children did their annual Elmer rainbow parade and the rest of the school will join them in celebration by dressing up to celebrate diversity. The week’s PSHE lessons were also linked to diversity, different families, respect and discrimination. The early years playground has been decorated with Pride flags and our worship area has also been decorated with the rainbow flag and a display of books about diversity.”

During School Diversity Week, some schools and young people we work with were honoured for national awards for their LGBT+ inclusion work as part of our Pride Groups Programme.

Awards included Staff Champion of the Year, awarded to Kanak Shah at Queen Elizabeth’s School, and Student Leader of the Year, awarded to Aoife, a pupil at Addey and Stanhope School.

Aoife, 12, who runs her school’s Pride Group, was presented with her award by doctor, TV presenter and new Just Like Us patron Dr Ronx Ikharia.

Just Like Us’ Positive Futures report shows that LGBT+ young people who are supported at school are four times more likely to feel optimistic about their future all of the time, compared with those whose school environments are not supportive (31% compared to 7%). 

Supportive school environments increased all young people’s optimism for the future, whether or not they were LGBT+. School Diversity Week brings school communities together, showing all pupils that inclusion is prioritised and that difference is something to be celebrated.

Did your school celebrate School Diversity Week?

Let us know what you got up to this School Diversity Week and share your thoughts on this year’s event in our survey. You can even fill out this survey if you did not run School Diversity Week this year.

By filling in the survey, you’ll be entered into our prize draw for book vouchers. There will be:

– 4 x winners of £100 book vouchers

– 6 x winners of £50 book vouchers

– 8 x winners of £25 book vouchers

When is School Diversity Week 2026?

School Diversity Week returns from 22 – 26 June 2026.