External Evaluation Report Year 2 EqualiTeach - Equally Safe Programme: 'Embedding best practice in preventing and tackling identity-based bullying and developing tailored, whole-school approaches.'

This evaluation was designed to find out whether the Equally Safe programme has changed schools’ approaches to identity-based bullying and reduced incidents of it. It also sought evidence that the programme effectively delivered efficient training, resources and guidance to create networks of schools which are creating equal and inclusive environments and tackling identity-based bullying. Finally, the evaluation was looking for examples of the outcomes and impacts of the key elements of the programme. The report from the second year explored evidence of improvement from year one of the programme, and gave further recommendations for the third and final year of the project. The evaluation drew on a range of data: documentary analysis; recorded focus groups and interviews with teaching staff and pupils; and a survey distributed to all staff at participating schools.