Ms Fiona Longmuir:

Absolutely. That is a really good point. There is no silver bullet for this kind of thing, especially when we are talking about differing disadvantages and intersecting disadvantages. Different groups experience barriers in different ways, so the solutions will look different. The Institute of Physics would love to see the Department of Education mandate these whole school equity plans. We think that is foundational. We do not want these to be a prescriptive document that gets stuck on a website. We do not want to write a document that schools put on their website and never look at again. We want to encourage schools to think about their community, students and teachers, what works for them, what specific barriers arise, and how we can combat those. There is no one answer, but if I was pressured to give one answer, that is our top priority at the moment with schools.