In this inspirational book, Professor Kehinde Andrews looks at how the Black supplementary school movement developed in the UK over a 50-year period. He outlines the dynamic nature of the movement and the role volunteers, teachers, parents, churches and community groups played in developing it.

The book explores the history of supplementary schools, and the experiences of those who have been involved with them. It argues that the movement played a key role in combatting educational inequality and improving the life chances of Black children in mainstream schooling.

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‘It's not just about Black and White, miss’ focuses on primary school children’s attitudes towards race and cultural diversity in the UK. In the book, Sally Elton-Chalcraft interviews nine and ten year olds from two mostly white schools and two ethnically diverse schools. In recording their views on race and culture, she found that they had ‘internalised the prevailing western mindset – whatever their own ethnicity’.

The author puts the children’s views into context, using both her observations of school life and teachers’ views and practices. The book is enlightening and enjoyable and, whilst it’s likely to interest primary school teachers and trainees, it’s also food for thought for senior leaders.

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