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This is an edited version of an article that first appeared in SecEd Magazine on 2 April 2025. Over the course of five articles, I’m going to explore inclusion and belonging, focusing on three areas of professional practice to help us achieve this in our classrooms. Those areas are: This is the fifth instalment inContinue reading “Inclusive assessment”

This is an edited version of an article that appeared in The Yorkshire Post on 5 April 2025 in which Matt Bromley argues that the working classes are underrepresented in the media… I’m still haunted by the Netflix drama, Adolescence, which I find myself thinking about on dog walks and school runs.  Starring Stephen Graham, the four-partContinue reading “Are the working classes under-represented in the media?”

This is an edited version of an article that first appeared in SecEd Magazine on 26 March 2025. Over the course of five articles, I’m going to explore inclusion and belonging, focusing on three areas of professional practice to help us achieve this in our classrooms. Those areas are: This is the fourth instalment inContinue reading “Inclusive teaching”

This is an edited version of an article that first appeared in SecEd Magazine on 19 March 2025. Over the course of five articles, I’m going to explore inclusion and belonging, focusing on three areas of professional practice to help us achieve this in our classrooms. Those areas are: This is the third instalment inContinue reading “Inclusive planning”

This is an edited version of an article that first appeared in SecEd Magazine on 10 March 2025. Over the course of five articles, I’m going to explore inclusion and belonging, focusing on three areas of professional practice to help us achieve this in our classrooms. Those areas are: This is the second instalment inContinue reading “Tackling attainment gaps”

This is an edited version of an article that appeared in The Yorkshire Post on 7 March 2025 in which Matt Bromley argues that ethnic attainment gaps are the result of intersectional factors… A multi-ethnic team of academics from Durham and Birmingham universities have found that poverty and special educational needs (SEND), rather than ethnicityContinue reading “Is ethnicity an issue in education?”

This is an edited version of an article that first appeared in SecEd Magazine on 5 March 2025. Over the course of five articles, I’m going to explore inclusion and belonging, focusing on three areas of professional practice to help us achieve this in our classrooms. Those areas are: The 3Rs of inclusive lesson planningContinue reading “Inclusive planning, teaching, and assessment”

This is an edited version of an article that appeared in The Yorkshire Post on 9 February 2025 in which Matt Bromley cautiously welcomes Ofsted‘s focus on inclusion… Earlier this month, Ofsted published proposals for a new system of inspection for schools and other education settings. Partly in response to the tragic death of headteacherContinue reading “Is Ofsted on the right track?”

When I started writing Why School Doesn’t Work for Every Child in the spring of 2024, I did so out of anger and frustration. In the UK, where I live and work, 4.3 million children were living in relative poverty – the highest number on record. 3.6 million children were living in absolute poverty, 2.2Continue reading “Why School Doesn’t Work for Every Child”

This is an edited version of an article that appeared in The Yorkshire Post on 28 January 2025 in which Matt Bromley argues the SEND system isn’t working and needs urgent reform… There is growing consensus among policymakers, professionals, and parents that the SEND system is buckling under the weight of growing demand, funding pressures,Continue reading “Is the SEND system broken?”