Falmouth School has said it can always do more after ex-students asked their former establishment to teach students a wider variety of history topics.

Last week it was revealed that ex-Falmouth School and Penryn College students were composing a letter to their old education establishments asking them to consider adding new historical teachings to the curriculum in light of the Black Lives Matter Movement.

Falmouth School says it has "taken steps" to ensure they include more content and experiences for students.

Interim Headteacher Alex George said:

"Our lessons on Black History cover; the Slave Trade, the Empire and growth of industrialisation in Britain. Students learn about the impact this had on Africans; the separation from home, their journey, slave auctions, plantations and their treatment at the hands of slave owners.

"Students learn from accounts from slaves and about uprisings such as Nat Turners rebellion, to the abolishment of the slave trade both in the UK and USA. The introduction of Jim Crow laws and the horrific treatment of African Americans follows.

"This study then follows the lives of Black Americans at the start of the 20th Century. We teach about the civil rights movement about key figures such as Rosa Parks; Martin Luther King Jnr and Malcolm X. Many of our students choose to study History to GCSE and A level, where there is more coverage of the issues surrounding both equality and inhumanity.

"Other subjects also celebrate diverse cultures, for example; in English, every year group study poetry from other cultures and literature which deals with segregation and exploitation; art lessons cover influential figures like Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, President Obama, Malala Yousafzai.

"In geography students cover Africa where tourism can be a way out of poverty but an erosion of culture; and dance and music lessons study a range of styles from different countries and cultures including the historical context."

Despite this wide range of topics the school says it is aware it can add more identifying topics such as Gandhi and Nehru's contribution towards civil rights in India and Black British history of the Twentieth Century focusing on topics such as the Wind Rush generation.

The letters from the ex-students are due to be sent out today (15th) urging schools to "work hard" to ensure that students understand more about race relations.

A change that the school did highlight that will be coming in next year is the introduction of Character Education lessons, dedicated lessons that spend more time developing ideas around equality and diversity.

"I hope this shows that we are committed to providing opportunities for Falmouth School students to develop not only compassion and empathy but also a refusal to accept scenes such as those we saw from Minneapolis that have been widely shown in the media recently," Mr George added.