hereMrs Hewitt encouraged pupils to share any concerns about racial inequality or lack of representation and promised to review the names of the school houses, continue work to diversify the curriculum and “scrutinise” the recruitment processes to attract applicants from a broad range of backgrounds.The letter has been signed by more than 650 current and former pupils, parents and a former teacher.It follows two weeks of protests across the country - including Greater Manchester - by the Black Lives Matter movement following the killing in the US of George Floyd - who died as a white police officer knelt on his neck.It states that education at the school “could be a great deal more diverse; reflecting the varied histories of its student.
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