A team of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinators and Champions, representative of ISL’s leadership, staff, parents, and students, committed to making ISL a more inclusive school through our strategic plan and related activities.
A community that is proactive in working on our biases, encouraging inclusive behaviour and language to ensure that everyone is treated with dignity and respect. Learn more about our Community Expectations.
Our DEI Policy and our ISL Values guide us and are closely connected to our approach to well-being and safeguarding.
Academic curricula that represent a wide range of different voices, cultures, and identities. Approaches to Learning that develop intercultural competence. Social and emotional curriculums that enable students to understand their identity and how to relate to others. Learn more about our Curricula.
All students whose needs can be met by our programmes and facilities are included without discrimination or selection in the admissions process and supported appropriately.
Support Services students are treated in a holistic way to meet their different needs through a variety of support services.
Systems which ensure that students can speak to any teacher, the Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL), the school counsellors, or the DEI team, anonymously to raise concerns via a designated platform. Staff are supported by Internal People of Trust and the DEI Team as well as their line managers.
Student Voices shape the DEI approach through resource groups (Umbrella Squad, Student Ambassadors, Culture Club, Pride Alliance and Gender Equity) via which they can lead change. These are groups where students can speak to their peers and teachers in a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment.
Communications which bond our community through charting our journeys, sharing stories, and championing diverse narratives of success.
Recruitment and retention practices that reflect our commitment to being an inclusive employer that values diversity, promotes equal opportunities and cares for all staff.

Our DEI approach