The Diversity and Cohesion Team

The Diversity and Cohesion Team offer a wide range of skills and expertise to support teachers, mentors, support staff and managers in schools.

• Jani Rashid –  Head of Service
• Diane Hadwen – Diversity and Cohesion Manager
• Alina Khan - Teacher Advisor Diversity and Cohesion
• Sushma Puri – Supplementary Schools/Officer
• Mohammed Mushtaq -  Muslim Faith Tutor
• Geraldine Cooper – Interfaith Resources Co-ordinator
• Seema Buttoo – Faith Tutor Co-ordinator and Hindu Faith tutor
• Ayub Ismail – Muslim Faith Tutor Co-Ordinator and Muslim Faith Tutor
• Fatima Ayub - Muslim Faith Tutor
• Nadeem Khan - Muslim Faith Tutor
• Manjit Kaur - Sikh Faith Tutor
• Rajinder Singh Panesar - Sikh Faith Tutor
• Danuta Dufton – Interfaith Centre Facilities Co-ordinator
• Sue Neilan - Finance and Administration Officer
• Janet Hardcastle - Administration Co - ordinator, Interfaith Education Centre
• Lesley Mackie - Reception, Administration and Resources, Interfaith Education Centre

To contact any member of the team by email type the folowing:  firstname.last name@ educationbradford.com, all small case, with no spaces.

For general enquiries re- race equality and diversity and cohesion issues, please contact: 01274 – 385622

For information about Sacred Spaces:object trails around places of worship DVDs and CD ROMs, Slavery: An Unfinished Business resource packs and A Cultural Heritage Trail; DVD, CD ROM and GPS trail, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   Telephone 01274-385623

 For information re - the Supplementary Schools Education Service please contact:

Sushma Puri 01274 - 385621 / 01274 - 414787

For general enquiries re the service delivery of Religious Education, Collective Worship, visits to places of worship and subsription to the Interfaith Education Centre please contact:  

This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Tel: 01274 - 731674.