Category Archives: teaching

Winston Churchill is purported to have said that “Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried”. The same might be said of Ofsted – the Office for Standards in Education, a government quango that inspects state-funded schools in England.  Ofsted divide opinion. Either they’re a forceContinue reading “How to ace Ofsted by making every day inspection-ready”

This is an edited version of an article that appeared in The Yorkshire Post on 30 September 2025 in which Matt Bromley argues that the government’s plan to reserve civil service internships for working class people is an essential corrective… The government’s plan to reserve internships exclusively for students from working-class backgrounds is not some narrow formContinue reading “Civil service internships bold act of equity”

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 2”

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”