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  • A school leaders’ guide to 2025/26: Wellbeing and culture

    A school leaders’ guide to 2025/26: Wellbeing and culture

    What’s on the horizon in 2025/26? As the summer sun begins to fade and we prepare to open our school gates again, the 2025/26 academic year comes into view – not just as a date in the diary, but as a critical juncture for education.  This coming year, we will have to navigate a shifting… Read more

  • A school leaders’ guide to 2025/26: SEND and inclusion

    A school leaders’ guide to 2025/26: SEND and inclusion

    What’s on the horizon in 2025/26? As the summer sun begins to fade and we prepare to open our school gates again, the 2025/26 academic year comes into view – not just as a date in the diary, but as a critical juncture for education.  This coming year, we will have to navigate a shifting… Read more

  • Pupils must have a sense of belonging if we’re to close attendance gaps

    Pupils must have a sense of belonging if we’re to close attendance gaps

    This is an edited version of an article that appeared in The Yorkshire Post on 16 September 2025 in which Matt Bromley argues that attendance gaps will only lose when we foster a better sense of belonging… According to new figures from the Department for Education (DfE), pupils racked up more than 5 million extra days in classrooms in… Read more

  • A school leaders’ guide to 2025/26: Finance and funding

    A school leaders’ guide to 2025/26: Finance and funding

    What’s on the horizon in 2025/26? As the summer sun begins to fade and we prepare to open our school gates again, the 2025/26 academic year comes into view – not just as a date in the diary, but as a critical juncture for education.  This coming year, we will have to navigate a shifting… Read more

  • A school leaders’ guide to 2025/26: Digital strategy and EdTech

    A school leaders’ guide to 2025/26: Digital strategy and EdTech

    What’s on the horizon in 2025/26? As the summer sun begins to fade and we prepare to open our school gates again, the 2025/26 academic year comes into view – not just as a date in the diary, but as a critical juncture for education.  This coming year, we will have to navigate a shifting… Read more

  • A school leaders’ guide to 2025/26: Teaching and learning

    A school leaders’ guide to 2025/26: Teaching and learning

    What’s on the horizon in 2025/26? As the summer sun begins to fade and we prepare to open our school gates again, the 2025/26 academic year comes into view – not just as a date in the diary, but as a critical juncture for education.  This coming year, we will have to navigate a shifting… Read more

  • A school leaders’ guide to 2025/26: Leadership and governance

    A school leaders’ guide to 2025/26: Leadership and governance

    What’s on the horizon in 2025/26? As the summer sun begins to fade and we prepare to open our school gates again, the 2025/26 academic year comes into view – not just as a date in the diary, but as a critical juncture for education.  This coming year, we will have to navigate a shifting… Read more

  • Are the summer holidays too long?

    Are the summer holidays too long?

    This is an edited version of an article that appeared in The Yorkshire Post on 26 August 2025 in which Matt Bromley argues that a six-week summer break might be too long… Towards the end of July, the school bell tolls one last time and the six weeks of summer stretch out like vast golden beaches. Although… Read more

  • A school leaders’ guide to 2025/26: Curriculum and assessment reforms

    A school leaders’ guide to 2025/26: Curriculum and assessment reforms

    What’s on the horizon in 2025/26? As the summer sun begins to fade and we prepare to open our school gates again, the 2025/26 academic year comes into view – not just as a date in the diary, but as a critical juncture for education.  This coming year, we will have to navigate a shifting… Read more

  • A school leaders’ guide to 2025/26

    A school leaders’ guide to 2025/26

    What’s on the horizon in 2025/26? As the summer sun begins to fade and we prepare to open our school gates again, the 2025/26 academic year comes into view – not just as a date in the diary, but as a critical juncture for education.  This coming year, we will have to navigate a shifting… Read more

  • EDI provides the foundations of effective schools

    EDI provides the foundations of effective schools

    This is an edited version of an article that appeared in The Yorkshire Post on 12 August 2025 in which Matt Bromley argues that equality, diversity, and inclusion ensure every learner is given the tools to succeed… Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion – EDI – are not optional extras in education; they are essential foundations for creating schools… Read more

  • Summer reading had me a blast

    Summer reading had me a blast

    This is an edited version of an article that appeared in The Yorkshire Post on 2 August 2025 in which Matt Bromley analyses the features of a good beach read… My wife and I are taking the kids to Egypt this summer for an all-inclusive. I used to scoff at the idea of lazing by a pool,… Read more

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