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UCL Beacon Schools in Holocaust Education

Enhance the quality of education across your school

The Beacon School Programme is our flagship programme to enhance provision and practice for Holocaust teaching and learning in schools. Every year, the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education looks to recruit a number of secondary schools in England committed to enhancing teaching and learning about the Holocaust in a sustained programme of continuous professional development and consultancy.

Become a Beacon School

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The Journey of a Beacon School: Manchester Enterprise Academy

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Beacon School Quality Mark

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Celebrating 10 years of Beacon Schools

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226

Schools have completed the Beacon school programme, to date.

1,720

Network schools are partnered with Beacon Schools to improve Holocaust Education.

25

Schools have achieved Quality Mark status.

20

New schools have joined the Beacon School programme this year

The map below shows the breadth and scope of our existing Beacon School Programme across England. Each Beacon School works with a network of local schools to disseminate teaching materials and pedagogy and share best practice. Explore the map to find Beacon Schools in your area.

Beacon School Teacher Blogs

Beacon School Blog

Marking #Kwibuka30 and the Reaching Rwanda project

Sandhurst School

Beacon School Blog

Marking #Kwibuka30

Hampton School

Lead Teacher: Sam Ineson and colleagues receiving UCL Centre for Holocaust Education Quality Mark award

Creating a 'Community of Belonging'

Manchester Enterprise Academy

Charlotte Lane (right) with Mala Tribic
Mala Tribitch and Lead Teacher Charlotte Lane

‘One day/days’: reflections of a Beacon School teacher this HMD

Torpoint Community College

Leon Greenman with Priestlands School pupils

Memories of Leon Greenman

Priestlands School

Marking Holocaust Memorial Day: Reflections of a senior leader

HMD 2023

Malet Lambert School