Making spaces for collaborative action and learning: Reflections on teacher‐led decolonising initiatives from a professional learning network in England

What is it about?

The Bristol Decolonising Network is a collective of teachers working to address the racial disparities in education outcomes, which in Bristol are among the worst in the country. This article is an account of teacher-led initiatives to empower student voice, research subject knowledge beyond racist biases, mobilise Black teachers' racial literacy and collaborate beyond hierarchical and institutional boundaries.

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Why is it important?

Despite a policy environment that frames decolonising work as destructive, the seven vignettes included across a range of secondary subjects describe profound leaps in professional learning and student outcomes.