Plume, Maldon's Community Academy wins Outstanding Pride Group in Just Like Us' 2021 Role Model Awards.
The Essex secondary school won after setting up a Pride Group for LGBT+ and ally pupils to have a safe place to go and work together to find ways to stop anti-LGBT+ bullying and pave the way for LGBT+ inclusion.
Just Like Us is the LGBT+ young people’s charity. Our 2021 Role Model Awards, supported by J.P. Morgan, celebrates excellence in LGBT+ inclusion in primary schools, secondary schools and colleges across the UK.
Runners Up for Outstanding Pride Group are Brinsworth Academy in Rotherham, Yorkshire, and Blackpool Sixth Form College.
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