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Over the past two weeks, we’ve been celebrating Disability History Month with a range of assemblies and talks, including from Gold medal-winning Paralympic fencer, Dimitri Coutya, to mark the occasion. Disability History Month gives us a chance to reflect on the ways in which inclusion and accessibility benefits us all, and to think about what we need to be doing to create spaces which work fairly for everyone.

On Thursday, the pupils heard from Dimitri Coutya, who recently won two Gold medals for fencing at the Paris Paralympic Games this summer. Dimitri reflected on the power of resilience, and encouraged the pupils to think about what they needed to do in their lives to be their most successful selves. Reflecting on the talk, Head of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion, Tyler John, said:

‘Dimitri’s story is a really powerful one, and one which I hope encourages our pupils to reflect on the values they wish to exemplify in their own lives. Resilience is one of our school’s character traits, and hearing from Dimitri about the challenges he has faced and how he has navigated them on his journey to becoming a sporting champion has been hugely inspiring.’