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An ABC for building equity and addressing disadvantage in your school

Narrowing the Gap Vulnerable children Poverty Attendance Behaviour
How can schools avoid exacerbating inequity and disadvantage? In this five-part series, Matt Bromley takes a practical look at what we can do to teach and support disadvantaged students, including converting the causes of disadvantage into tangible classroom consequences
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I am in the middle of writing a book about achieving equity in education. I must admit, I’m feeling more optimistic about this goal of late.

The new government has already acknowledged the need to transform the education system so that young people get the opportunities they deserve.

It is too early to know if their actions will match their words but, in an open letter to the education sector, the new secretary of state for education, Bridget Phillipson, said that “background should be no barrier to getting on” and thus she committed to building a fairer society “that delivers the best life chances for every child”.

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