Category Archives: teaching

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 shiftingContinue reading “A school leaders’ guide to 2025/26: Inspection and accountability – Part 1”

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 shiftingContinue reading “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 shiftingContinue reading “A school leaders’ guide to 2025/26: SEND and inclusion”

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 inContinue reading “Pupils must have a sense of belonging if we’re to close attendance gaps”

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 shiftingContinue reading “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 shiftingContinue reading “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 shiftingContinue reading “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 shiftingContinue reading “A school leaders’ guide to 2025/26: Leadership and governance”

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. AlthoughContinue reading “Are the summer holidays too long?”

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 shiftingContinue reading “A school leaders’ guide to 2025/26: Curriculum and assessment reforms”