We now move to the second part of this week’s learning, focusing on the substance of teaching about Grenfell: What should learners know and understand about Grenfell?
In this video, we explore what learners should truly understand about Grenfell, drawing on research with survivors and the community to present a framework that centres dignity, lived experience, and the vibrant life that existed before the fire.
It highlights the ongoing human impact, the systemic failures and ignored warnings that led to the tragedy, and the community’s continued fight for justice and accountability.
Key takeaways
- Start with the community. Learners should understand Grenfell Tower as a home and a living community before they encounter it as a disaster.
- Connect human stories to structures. The fire should be understood through housing policy, regulation, professional decision-making, ignored warnings and corporate accountability, not only through individual tragedy.
- Recognise ongoing injustice. Grenfell’s legacy includes grief, remembrance, campaigning, legal processes and demands for safer housing.
- Keep dignity central. Teaching should avoid spectacle and help learners ask what respectful witnessing, evidence and responsibility require.