Mission 44 launches Diversity in Education Fund

At Mission 44, we believe that to build a more inclusive education system, the teaching workforce must be reflective of the young people it serves.

That’s why over the last two years we've worked with organisations such as Teach First and the National Foundation for Educational Research to attract and support more teachers from ethnic minority backgrounds, and to build our collective understanding of the key barriers and enablers to building a more ethnically diverse education system.

Building on this work, Mission 44 is now looking to expand our efforts. Through our Diversity in Education Fund we want to invest in innovators and systems changers, we will connect and convene organisations and individuals that are collectively able to  make the education workforce more ethnically diverse.

Over the next five years, we will improve ethnic diversity in teaching and school leadership by: 

• improving the representation of ethnically diverse teachers in schools;
• promoting the adoption of racially inclusive practice in schools to support the retention of ethnically diverse teachers and leaders;
• supporting the progression of ethnically diverse school leaders. 

In the first instance we will be focusing our investment on increasing the representation of ethnically diverse teachers at the recruitment and selection stage.

The deadline for submitting expressions of interest for this phase of the Fund has now passed. If you are interested in future funding opportunities with Mission 44, please sign-up to our newsletter.

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