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  • 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

    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

    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

  • What can we do to make secondary schools work better for working-class students?

    What can we do to make secondary schools work better for working-class students?

    This is a version of an article by Matt Bromley which first appeared in HWRK magazine and was written to accompany the book, The Working Classroom. The education system is rigged in favour of the privileged. Working-class students are disadvantaged from day one: their birth is, all too often, their destiny.  To truly tackle inequality,… Read more

  • The meritocracy myth

    The meritocracy myth

    This is a version of an article by Matt Bromley which first appeared in Teach Secondary magazine and was written to accompany the book, The Working Classroom. If you’re a high-ability pupil from a working class background, you aren’t going to do as well in school and in later life as a low-ability pupil from… Read more

  • Intent, Implementation, Impact

    60 self-evaluation questions to help you audit your curriculum In my 2016 book, Making KS3 Count, there’s a section called ‘Making Curriculum Count’ in which I advocate a more joined-up approach to curriculum design to ensure greater continuity across the various years, key stages and phases of education. I also advise that schools plan engaging curriculums… Read more

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

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

    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. The Equality Act 2010 makes it unlawful for schools to discriminate against, harass or victimise a pupil or potential pupil: …because of their: These seven… Read more

  • The questioning classroom: 5 practical questioning techniques

    In this five-part series, Matt Bromley looks at how we can create a questioning classroom. In part five, he walks us through five practical questioning techniques which you can adopt and adapt for your classroom and teaching… In this final instalment, I would like to share five practical questioning techniques. 1, Hot-seating Hot-seating is a… Read more

  • The questioning classroom: The purpose and timing of questions

    In this five-part series, Matt Bromley looks at how we can create a questioning classroom. In part four, he explores the purposes of our questions, timing our questions effectively, how we can ‘pass a question around the classroom’, and questions as a form of scaffolding… So far in this series, we have seen how asking… Read more

  • The questioning classroom: How to encourage debate and discussion

    In this five-part series, Matt Bromley looks at how we can create a questioning classroom. In part three, he explores ways of creating a classroom culture conducive to discussion and debate, including seven key rules, how to group students, and ways to reduce teacher talk… Last time, I explored a dialogic teaching strategy called Socratic… Read more

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