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Preventing racism

Understand racism and its impacts

Building school capability

Creating a culturally safe and inclusive environment

Providing cultural safety for First Nations students

The following resources will help build school leader and staff capacity to provide culturally safe and inclusive school environments, while promoting self-determination for First Nations students, families, carers and communities:

For advice to schools about how to establish and maintain culturally inclusive learning environments, see Koorie Education Workforce (KEW)External Link , the Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Inc. (VAEAI)External Link and the PROTECT guidanceExternal Link on Child Safe Standard 1: Establish a culturally safe environmentExternal Link and Child Safe Standard 5: Equity is upheld and diverse needs are respected in policy and practiceExternal Link .

Providing cultural safety for students from African backgrounds

  • Victorian African Communities Action PlanExternal Link – initiatives to empower African young people to have a strong sense of belonging, connection and inclusion. The plan includes funding for School Community Liaison Officers, who act as a positive conduit between schools, families, carers and students; and Homework Club Grants, which fund African-Australian-led community organisations to deliver culturally appropriate homework support and after-school activities

Providing cultural safety for students from Pasifika backgrounds

Providing cultural safety for students from refugee backgrounds

Providing cultural safety for students of Jewish, Islamic or other faiths

Promoting cultural diversity and inclusion in teaching and learning

Cultural diversity and inclusion

The following teaching and learning resources support teachers to build students’ capacity to strengthen cultural inclusion.

Anti-racism

The following teaching and learning resources support teachers to build students’ capacity to prevent and respond to racism and discrimination.

Responding to and reporting racism

Building staff capability

Reporting racism

To report racism, students, families and carers can contact their school or the:

For additional support following an incident of racism:

For schools:

Communicating with your school community

Schools must share the Preventing and Addressing Racism in Schools policy on their website and promote the reporting of racism. When appropriate, schools may also need to inform their communities about incidents. The following resources support culturally safe and inclusive communication with staff, students, families and carers, including translated versions of the policy and the school website content template:

Case studies

There is excellent anti-racism work taking place in schools across Victoria, including:

Includes resources to support the Preventing and Addressing Racism in Schools policy.

Reviewed 06 June 2025

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