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‘We have a chance to make history – standing by, it is clear, will simply not do’

Headteacher Sebastien Chapleau issues a call to schools across the UK to play their part in welcoming refugee children and families from Syria

I believe in every child’s right to achieve and access equal opportunities. That’s why I joined the Future Leaders network. To my mind that is not just every child in my school, it is every child I can support.

This includes the thousands of children displaced by the Syrian refugee crisis who may be joining our communities.

Among Future Leaders – and in many other educational institutions – we talk about doing “whatever it takes” and “not leaving any child behind”.

For those of us who have house systems in our schools, many bear the names of inspirational, historical change-makers; change-makers who inspire our students to go above and beyond the realm of possibility, always daring for greatness.

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