February 2024 – August 2024
Community-engaged research
Research with bereaved families, survivors, young people and local educators to understand what teaching about Grenfell should include.
Project, team and partners
About
The project, people and partnerships behind The Grenfell Curriculum.
Project
Why it was developed
Many teachers recognise the importance of teaching about Grenfell but feel underprepared to do so. This project provides practical support so schools can approach difficult material confidently, safely and responsibly.
Project framing
The work is shaped through community-engaged research and sustained partnership with people directly affected by Grenfell, alongside educators and researchers.
It treats Grenfell as both a human story and a case of systemic injustice.
Project aims
- Support accurate, sensitive and respectful teaching about Grenfell.
- Develop community-informed educational principles and resources.
- Provide free teacher professional development.
- Build an open repository of reports, guides, lesson resources and policy outputs.
- Contribute to wider conversations about disaster education, memory, justice and curriculum.
Development
Project timeline
September 2024 – January 2026
CPD design and development
Development of the teacher CPD course, shaped by the Grenfell Education Working Group and wider community consultation.
February 2026 onwards
Piloting, resources and dissemination
Classroom piloting, lesson resource development, teacher guidance, policy engagement and wider dissemination.
People
Team
Wonyong Park
Associate Professor · University of Southampton
Project lead
Nigel Fancourt
Associate Professor · University of Oxford
Project team
Hanan Wahabi
Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission
Project team
John Schulz
Professor · University of Southampton
Project team
Arzhia Habibi
Chapel Scholar · University of Oxford
Project team
Ruaa Al Rubaye
Undergraduate Intern · University of Southampton
Project team
Harry Russell
Research Assistant · University of Southampton
Project team
Callie Langley
Research Assistant · University of Southampton
Project team
Leah Mainwaring
Research Assistant · University of Southampton
Project team
Partners and acknowledgements
Partners, funders and contributors
Partners and funders
- University of Southampton
- University of Oxford
- Grenfell United
- Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission
- ESRC Impact Acceleration Account
- The Grenfell Foundation
Grenfell Education Working Group
- Melissa Kiley
- Rosemary Oyewole
- Yousra Cherbika
- Mouna El Ogbani
- Alaa Hannach
- Laura Hanley
- Clare Kitteringham
