Expert-Led Webinar: Practical next steps for schools to advance their race equity strategies - Wednesday 26 March 2025 (Online)

Practical next steps for schools to advance their race equity strategies.  

Join us for an interactive webinar that will equip school leaders with the knowledge, skills and confidence to deliver transformative race equity strategies. Yasmina Koné, Deputy Lead of Hemisphere Education, will be joined by Basher Savage, Head of Middle School and EDI Lead at City of London School and Clare Ives, Senior Deputy Head at Sevenoaks School to explore how racial inclusion strategies can transform school culture.  

 During the session we’ll distil some of the key lessons from Hemisphere Education, the latest programme from multi-award-winning race equity experts Rare, and explore topics including: the benefits of making racial literacy a teaching and learning priority, strategies for empowering staff and students to talk about race and culture, and tips for advancing your own inclusion strategies.  

With real-life case studies from City of London School and Sevenoaks School, you’ll leave this webinar with: 

• Practical steps to embed inclusion principles into everyday school life
• An understanding of how to overcome challenges in addressing racial inequity and systemic biases
• Tips on how to empower staff and pupils to be drivers of cultural change 
• Inspiration and actionable steps to drive change in your own schools

Speaker Biography: 

Yasmina is Deputy Lead of Hemisphere Education, an innovative brain-training platform disrupting bias and improving racial literacy in schools. She’s driving the adoption of Hemisphere across the UK, building partnerships with hundreds of leading independent schools, state schools, education partnerships and MATs to change outcomes for diverse pupils. Prior to Hemisphere, Yasmina led multi-award-winning teams at market-leading companies including one of London’s top 10 start-ups, Beam, and Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance. Her work to open access to opportunity and create meaningful social impact has seen her feature in the BBC, The Lawyer, and Black Tech Fest. She combines strategic acumen with a commitment to social justice, and is passionate about the role that the education sector plays in creating a more inclusive society.