The Runnymede Trust is the UK’s leading race equality think tank. It aims to challenge race inequality through research, debate and policy development. It engages in many policy areas including education. 

Penguin has commissioned landmark research by The Runnymede Trust to better understand the gaps in the teaching and learning of books by ethnic minority writers in UK primary and secondary schools. The Trust will also make recommendations for change. You can download a more detailed overview of the scope of this research here.

Pearson is the UK’s largest awarding body. Over 25% of set texts offered by Pearson at GCSE (9-1) English Literature comprise authors of colour, and over the next two years we will be working in partnership with Pearson to incentivise and support 100 secondary schools across the UK to integrate a new text by a BAME writer into their English Literature curriculum, from September 2021. Click here to find out more the Lit in Colour Pioneers pilot.

Tes has been supporting schools and championing great teaching for more than 100 years. Today, Tes work with schools and teachers globally providing a wide range of software and services to help them flourish. Through their Black Experiences Hub, they are in partnership with BBC, Into Film, The Black Curriculum and the Lit in Colour campaign to help teachers bring more diverse experiences into their classrooms

The Black Writers’ Guild was set up in June 2020 and represents professional and emerging British writers of Black African and Black African-Caribbean descent. It aims to create a sustainable, profitable, and equal ecosystem of and for Black writers and literary talent in the UK.

OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA) is a leading UK awarding body, providing a range of qualifications to meet the needs of learners of all ages and abilities. OCR qualifications include AS/A Levels, GCSEs, and vocational qualifications such as Cambridge Nationals and  Cambridge Technicals. Well over half a million students gain OCR qualifications every year, which are offered by nearly 6,000 centres including schools, sixth form colleges, FE colleges, training providers, voluntary organisations, local authorities, and businesses. OCR is part of the Cambridge Assessment Group which is a department of the University of Cambridge. We will be working with them as they continue to diversify the texts they offer across their English Literature GCSE and A Level specifications.

The National Literacy Trust is a charity dedicated to improving the literacy skills of those who need it most. Penguin and the National Literacy Trust have worked in partnership for over a decade, including developing Puffin World of Stories to re-imagine primary school libraries and inspire children to fall in love with reading. Building on the charity’s ongoing commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we will work together to embed the principles of Lit in Colour into our existing joint school programmes.

Twinkl was founded in 2010 with a mission ‘to help those who teach’. The company provides high-quality, online learning materials and services, which are all teacher-created and checked. They have partnered with Penguin to help educators bring new titles into their homes and classrooms by creating a large selection of free learning resources to support the Lit in Colour campaign. This is with the desire to engage and inspire a new generation of learners through these excellent, diverse, stories.