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  • When September comes… 10 classroom routines to embed

    When September comes… 10 classroom routines to embed

    by Matt Bromley Practice does not make perfect, it makes permanent. Whatever you practice to the point of automaticity, you make habitual and can do without active thought. This reduces cognitive load and frees up precious working memory capacity which can then be put to better use.  So, what are the 10 most impactful routines Read more

  • What does it mean to be a professional?

    What does it mean to be a professional?

    By Matt Bromley Teaching isn’t just a job, it’s a profession.  The Cambridge Dictionary defines a profession as “any type of work that needs special training or a particular skill, often one that is respected because it involves a high level of education”.  A professional, meanwhile, is defined as “having the qualities that you connect with trained and Read more

  • Effective line management in schools

    Effective line management in schools

    Taking on a line management role in the school hierarchy can be challenging and requires a whole new range of skills. Matt Bromley offers five principles to help you become an effective line manager… This article first appeared in SecEd Magazine on 5 June 2024. When a teacher is first promoted to a leadership position, Read more

  • The 4Ps: Progress

    The 4Ps: Progress

    The 4Ps offer a shared language for consistent high quality teaching. In this five-part series, Matt Bromley breaks down each one and offers practical strategies for teachers. In part three, he breaks down the fourth P – progress… This article first appeared in SecEd Magazine on 21 May 2024. My 4Ps framework has been formulated Read more

  • The 4Ps: Pace

    The 4Ps offer a shared language for consistent high quality teaching. In this five-part series, Matt Bromley breaks down each one and offers practical strategies for teachers. In part three, he breaks down the third P – pace… This article first appeared in SecEd Magazine on 14 May 2024. My 4Ps framework has been formulated Read more

  • Improving the attendance of disadvantaged students

    Improving the attendance of disadvantaged students

    This article first appeared in SecEd’s Vulnerable Learners supplement in March 2024… Disadvantaged pupils are more than twice as likely to be absent from school as their non-disadvantaged peers. And, although there has long been an attendance gap, the divide has widened since the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2022-2023, 37.9% of disadvantaged pupils were persistently absent Read more

  • The 4Ps: Pitch

    The 4Ps offer a shared language for consistent high quality teaching. In this five-part series, Matt Bromley breaks down each one and offers practical strategies for teachers. In part three, he breaks down the second P – pitch… This article first appeared in SecEd Magazine on 7 May 2024. My 4Ps framework has been formulated Read more

  • The 4Ps: Purpose

    The 4Ps offer a shared language for consistent high quality teaching. In this five-part series, Matt Bromley breaks down each one and offers practical strategies for teachers. In part two, he breaks down the first P – purpose… This article first appeared in SecEd Magazine on 1 May 2024. Last time, in the first article Read more

  • The 4Ps: A shared language for high-quality teaching

    The 4Ps: A shared language for high-quality teaching

    The 4Ps offer a shared language for consistent high quality teaching and curriculum delivery. In this five-part series, Matt Bromley breaks down each one and offers practical strategies and self-evaluation criteria for teachers. In part one, he introduces the 4Ps… This article first appeared in SecEd Magazine on 24 April 2024. One of the schools Read more

  • A mirror and a window: Using the curriculum to include the excluded

    A mirror and a window: Using the curriculum to include the excluded

    Knowledge begets knowledge. The more you know, the easier it is to know more. But the opposite is also true meaning we often exclude students from learning unwittingly. Matt Bromley offers a three-point plan to address this… This article first appeared in SecEd Magazine on 19 March 2024. In my keynote at SecEd’s recent National SEND Read more

  • Making English more relatable

    Making English more relatable

    How can we ensure that our English lessons speak to our students’ lived experiences and thus engage their attention and allow them to see the vital relevance of this core subject? Matt Bromley advises… This article first appeared in SecEd Magazine on 4 March 2024. In a recent video for the Let’s Talk English series, I argued Read more

  • Why social class should be the 10th protected characteristic – PART TWO

    Why social class should be the 10th protected characteristic – PART TWO

    This is a version of an article by Matt Bromley which has appeared in various publications including Headteacher Update, SecEd, and DiverseEd, written to accompany the book, The Working Classroom. This is part two of a 2-part series. Catch up with part one. Last time, I argued that social class should be the 10th protected characteristic. Read more

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