Eton is a wholeheartedly welcoming place with a genuine sense of belonging for our community: all boys, all staff, and all families; without exception, without exclusion. Establishing a culture of acceptance, diversity and inclusion is essential to our ethos.
All schools have a duty to prevent a pupil from having their self-worth diminished, or their ability to achieve impeded, by bullying of any kind. We aim to identify and remove barriers to a boy’s fulfilment. We do not all have to agree, of course. Inclusion Education teaches us how to disagree well, and to coexist kindly, with our different perspectives.
The work of Inclusion Education in the last five years has been brilliant in building bridges.
Boy from B Block (Year 13)
Eton educates boys to understand the rights of all people, to do otherwise would be to fail in our duty to prepare Etonians for life in the wider world.
The 2025 African Caribbean Education Network Conference is hosted by Eton.
Leaders actively promote a culture of kindness in the school… School leaders and governors place the wellbeing of pupils at the centre of their provision and seek to develop self-confidence, integrity, perseverance, tolerance and enthusiasm in all.
ISI report 2024
Pupil Voice, Societies, Talks and Awareness Celebrations
The Feminism Society, LGBTQ Society, Disability and Accessibility Awareness Society (DAAS), Cicero Society, and African Caribbean, Middle Eastern and North Africa, and East/South East Asia societies are all active inclusion forums. Of course, inclusivity is a theme that is at the forefront of many other societies.
Celebrating cultural diversity is a valued aspect of College life and, through the societies programme, boys and Masters arrange events throughout the year to heighten awareness and appreciation of our whole community. Eton marks Black History, East and South East Asian, and LGBTQ+ History Months, and International Women’s Day, with symposia at which staff, boys, guest speakers and other schools join to educate and celebrate through assemblies, talks and performances.
Inclusion Education in the School is led by boys supported by staff through the Inclusion Education Committee, the Inclusion Education Officer, and the Director of Inclusion Education. Etonian diversity with events such as Lunar New Year and Eton Pride celebrations. The Eton Experience series of talks, which is organised and presented by boys, cover the Black, Asian, Jewish and Muslim experiences of Etonians.
The Faiths Forum brings together boys of different faiths and, alongside the Faith Tutors, co-ordinates important days of religious observance. Diwali is celebrated. Boys are supported through Ramadan, and the nightly Iftar is often shared with partnership schools. On Holocaust Memorial Day, we have been privileged to hear from Holocaust survivors and educators.
