Protected Characteristic 

 Year Group

 Unit

 Lesson

Age

Pre-School 

Reception

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Valuing Difference 

Growing and Changing

Valuing Difference 

Growing and Changing

Valuing Difference 

Valuing Difference 

Rights and Respect

Me and My Relationships

Keeping Safe

Me and My Friends

Life Stages – plant, animal, human

Our friends and neighbours

Let’s celebrate our differences

Together

Happy being me

We have more in common than not

Democracy in Britain 1 – Elections

Democracy in Britain 2 – How laws are made

Don’t force me

Think before you click!

To share or not to share?

Disability

Year 3

Year 6

Valuing Difference 

Being My Best

Valuing Difference

Growing and Changing 

Let’s celebrate our differences

Zeb

I am fantastic

We have more in common than not

Media manipulation

Gender reassignment

Year 3

Year 6

Being My Best

Growing and Changing 

I am fantastic

Media manipulation

Marriage and Civil Partnership

Reception

Year 4

Growing and Changing 

Growing and Changing

Me and My Relationships

Life stages – human life stage – who will I be?

Together

Don’t force me

Pregnancy and Maternity

Reception

Year 6

Growing and Changing 

Growing and Changing

Life stages – human life stage – who will I be

Where do babies come from?

Making babies*

Race

Pre-School

Year 2 

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Me and My Relationships

Valuing Difference

Valuing Difference 

Valuing Difference 

Valuing Difference 

Valuing Difference 

Marvellous me!

I’m special

People who are special to me

What makes us who we are?

Our friends and neighbours

Zeb

The people we share our world with

The land of the Red People

Happy being me

We have more in common than not

Tolerance and respect for others

Religion or Belief

Pre-School

Reception

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Valuing Difference 

Valuing Difference 

Me and My Relationships

Valuing Difference 

Valuing Difference 

Valuing Difference 

Growing and Changing

Valuing Difference 

Valuing Difference 

Valuing Difference 

Me and My Relationships

Growing and Changing

Working Together

Me and my friends

People who are special to me

I’m special

Same and different families

All about me

Who are our special people?

What makes us who we are?

Our friends and neighbours

Let’s celebrate differences

Together

The people we share our world with

The land of the Red People

Happy being me

We have more in common than not

Don’t force me

Is this normal?

Acting appropriately

Sex

Pre-School

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Growing and Changing

Growing and Changing

Growing and Changing

Valuing Differences

Being my Best

Growing and Changing

Valuing Difference

Growing and Changin

Valuing Difference

Valuing Difference

Me and My Relationships

Growing and Changing 

Valuing Difference 

Girls, boys and families

Me and my body – girls and boys

My body, your body

Let’s celebrate our differences

Zeb

I am fantastic!

Together

Stop, start stereotypes 

Growing up and changing bodies

The land of the Red People

Happy being me

We have more in common than not

Don’t force me

Acting appropriately

Media manipulation

Making babies*

Is this normal?

Tolerance and respect for others

Sexual Orientation

Pre-School

Reception

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Me and My Relationships

Valuing Difference

Growing and Changing

Valuing Difference

 Growing and Changing

Valuing Difference

Valuing Difference

Me and My Relationships

Growing and Changing

People who are special to me

Same and different families

Where do babies come from?

Our friends and neighbours

Family and friends

Zeb

Together

Is it true?

Stop, start stereotypes 

We have more in common than not

Don’t force me

Media manipulation

 Title

 Author

 Blurb

What happened to you?

James Catchpole

Karen George

Every time Joe goes out, the questions are the same..what happened to his leg?

Little Red and the very Hungry Lion

Alex T Smith

A classic fairy tale with a safari twist

The Suitcase

Chris Naylor-Ballesteros

When a weary stranger arrives one day, with only a suitcase everyone is full of questions.

A story full of heart, hope and kindness about how we treat those in need.

My daddies!

Gareth Peter

Garry Parsons

Whether hunting for treasure in a dragon’s cave or dodging deadly dinosaurs - storytime with these two amazing dads is pure magic!

And Tango makes three

Justin Richardson

Peter Parnell

Rob and Silo are penguins who are both boys - one day they become parents for real

Julian is a mermaid

Jessica Love

One day Julian sees three mesmerizing women dressed as mermaids, everything changes. All he can think of is becoming a mermaid himself.

My mum is a lioness

Swapna Haddow

My mum loves showing me off to her friends, sometimes she fusses a little too much!

Susan laughs

Jeanne Willis

Susan is like any other child and she is in a wheelchair

The Invisible

Tom Percival

When Isabel and her family have to move to the far side of the city, Isabel starts to feel …. invisible

Once upon a world everywhere

Various

Fairytales for everyone, everywhere

The Wizard of Oz

Based upon the book by L. Frank Baum

Alice’s adventures in wonderland

Based upon the book by Lewis Carroll

Jack and the beanstalk

Based upon the classic tale

Pink is for boys

Robb Pearlman

A celebration of every girl, boy and colour of the rainbow

It’s a no money day

Kate Milner

Food banks

Happy in our skin

Fran Manushkin

The value of diversity

We are all neighbours

Alexandra Penfold

Diversity, kindness and the power of community

Amazing

Steve Antony

A little boy and his dragon are the very best of friends

Title

Author

Blurb

Be the difference

Jayneen Sanders

40+ ideas for kids to create positive change using empathy, kindness, equality and environmental awareness

Maddi’s fridge

Lois Brandt

A book about childhood hunger

Forgotten fairytales of brave and brilliant girls

Various

Eight forgotten fairytales to empower a new generation of readers

Cinderella Liberator

Rebecca Solnit

A fairytale revolution

You’re so amazing

James and Lucy Catchpole

A book that explores disability

The boy with flowers in his hair

Jarvis

A book about a boy with flowers in his hair

Songs for our sons

Ruth Doyle

A hopeful dream for a kinder world

Dreams for our daughter

Ruth Doyle

A hopeful dream for a kinder world

All the ways to be smart

Davina Bell

Smart is not just ticks and boxes

The sissy duckling

Harvey Fierstein

A duckling who is true to his identity

Hey You!

Dapo Adela

An empowering celebration of growing up black

All about diversity

Felicity Brooks and Mar Ferrero

How are we all different/ the same?

My name is not refugee

Kate Milner

How would you feel if you had to leave your home behind?

The River

Tom Percival

Rowan loves the river, it’s just like he is, constantly changing

The boys

Lauren Ace

The adventures of four boys as they grow up

The Proudest Blue

Ibtihaj Muhammed

Being proud of who you are

We’re all wonders

R J Palcio

Auggie doesn’t look ordinary but he feels it

Little Red

Bethan Woollvin

A darkly,comic twist

Grandad’s camper

Harry Woodgate

Joy and grief explored

Heather has two mummies

Leslea Newman

Am I the only one that doesn’t have a daddy?

Speak up!

Nathan Bryon

An inspirational story that encourages children to find their voices

Hair love

Matthew A Cherry

A celebration of daddies and daughters everywhere

Look up

Nathan Bryon

When you dream big, anything can happen

Sulwel

Lupita Nyon’O

An inspirational story to help children celebrate their own beauty

Refuge

Anne Booth and Sam Usher

A timely and timeless retelling of the Christmas story

The rabbits

John Marsden

A tale of colliding worlds

William’s doll

Charlotte Zolotow

William wants a doll but his brother calls him a sissy

Our Diversity makes us stronger

Elizabeth Cole

All children should love themselves

What are little girls made of?

Jeanne Willis

Nursery rhymes for feminist times

Title

Author

Blurb

Adventure stories for daring girls

Various

Courageous and irrepressible heroines

Young, gifted and black

Jamia Wilson

Black heroes, past and present

One plastic bag

Miranda Paul

Recycling women of the Gambia

Henry’s Freedom box

Ellen Levine

A true story of one of the most famous runaway slaves

The Django

Levi Pinfold

The true story of a jazz legend

Mike falls up

Candy Gourlay

A celebration of unexpected friendships

William’s doll

Charlotte Zolotow

William wants something that’s forbidden - a doll

Our diversity makes us stronger

Elizabeth Cole

A book that teaches us to respect all differences

Prince and Knight

Daniel Haack

A prince who doesn’t want a bride

Black  brother Black Brother

Jewell parker Rhodes

Donte is framed for a crime he did not commit and then he discovers fencing….

Wish 

Zana Fraillon

The story of a young refugee

Rose Blanche

Roberto Inncenti

A child experiencing war

The journey

Francesca Sanna

Journey into the unknown

Respect

Michaela Morgan

A story about the first black officer in the army

Proud of me

Sarah Hagger-Holt

Two mums and an anonymous donor dad

The Breadwinner

Deborah Ellis

Taliban

Black in time

Alison Hammond

Awesome black Britons

Mike falls up

Candy Gourlay

Topsy Turvy adventures

Soccer squad

Bali Rai

Football

Just Jack

Frank Cottrell Boyce

Dad has moved out and he needs a friend

Call me lion

Camilla Chester

Selective mutism

The Hundred dresses

Eleanor Estes

Kindness

Cosima Unfortunate

Laurs Noakes

A home for disabled and unfortunate children

Rockstar Detectives

Adam Hills

A detective story

Jamie

L D Lapinski

Non binary

I am not a label

Cerrie Burnell

Trailblazing disabled role models

Black Poppies

Stephen Bourne

Black people who fought in WW1

Adventure stories for daring girls

Traditional tales with a twist

Roll with it

Jamie Sumner

Ellie is in a wheelchair and has to move in with her grandad who has dementia

Title

Author

Blurb

Ajay and the Mumbai Sun

Varsha Shah

 Boy born on the Bombay railways who aspires to be a journalist

Ajay and the Jaipur moon

Varsha Shah

Boy born on the Bombay railways who aspires to be a journalist

After the War 

Tom Palmer

Summer of 1945 - children arrive in the Lake District after being in a concentration camp

Women in Science

Rachel Ignotofsky

Trailblazing women

The sleeper and the spindle

Neil Gaiman

A tale of forest witches

Check mates

Stewart Foster

ADHD

Once

Morris Gleitzman

Little Jewish boy who escapes an orphanage during WW2

Kind of spark

Elle McNicholl

A story about courage and what it means to be different

The lion above the door

Onjali Q Raue

A boy who knows that he is different/WW1

The secret sunshine project

Benjamin Dean

Pride

The lost girl king

Catherine Doyle

Have you ever wished that time would stand still?

Vi Spy

Maz Evans

Divorce

The night bus

Onjali Q Rane

A child who is always in trouble

Race to the Frozen North

Catherine Johnson

True story of the first person to reach the North Pole

Talking to Alaska

Anna Woltz

Epilepsy

Planet Omar x3

Zanib Mian

School adventures

The Nothing to see here hotel

Steven Butler

A magical adventure

Me and Mister P

Maria Farrer

A weird embarrassing brother

Fish in a tree

Lynda Mullaly Hunt

A girl who can’t read and hides it

Sade and her shadow beasts

Rachel Faturoti

Death of a mum

We are Giants

Amber Lee Dodd

A girl whose mum has dwarfism

The girl who stole an elephant

Nizrana Farook

A tale set in India

Windrush child

Benjamin Zephaniah

Can a boy from home learn to enjoy himself when so many things count against him?

Anisha the accidental detective

Serena Patel

Aunty Bindi is getting married

Creeping beauty

Joseph Coelho

Rags to riches fairy tale

Rumaysa

Radiya Hafiza

Fairy tale

The star outside my window

Onjali Q Rauf

A child needs to find his mum

Boy everywhere

A.M. Dassu

Syrian refugee

The Island

Armin Greder

A man is washed up on a beach but he wasn’t like the islanders

Mirror

Jeannie Baker

Contrast between Australia and Morocco

The arrival

Shaun Tan

Immigration told through surrealism

Gender swapped fairy tales

Karrie Fransman

Re written fairy tales