The Working Classroom
How to effectively support more able but under-resourced students

A new CPD programme for secondary schools and sixth form colleges beginning in October 2025, consisting of six online events throughout the year.

Run by Matt Bromley and Andy Griffith, authors of The Working Classroom: How to make school work for working class students. Participants will gain guidance and training on: 

• Understanding the impact of societal inequality on learners who come from under-resourced backgrounds.
• How to identify and stretch more able learners from working class backgrounds.
• A range of techniques that can be used to cognitively stretch more able learners.
• How to effectively re-design curriculum models and create appropriate interventions and enhancements.
• Case studies from schools in areas of social disadvantage where more able learners thrive. 
  

NACE members: £750 (25% member discount!) | Non-members: £1,000

Free copy of The Working Classroom for every delegate!

Please note: all sessions will be held online. 

Registration to this event will automatically enrol you on the full programme of six sessions (please see detail below).

SESSION ONE: Why do more able working-class students underperform and what we do about it?

Thursday 16th October 2025
10:00 to 14:30 (UK time); online

SESSION TWO: Curriculum (Matt Bromley)

Wednesday 12th November 2025
15:45 to 17:00 (UK time); online

SESSION THREE: Motivation (Andy Griffith)

Tuesday 9th December 2025
15:45 to 17:00 (UK time); online

SESSION FOUR: Pedagogy (Andy Griffith)

Wednesday 28th January 2026
15:45 to 17:00 (UK time); online

SESSION FIVE: Belonging (Matt Bromley)

Tuesday 3rd March 2026
15:45 to 17:00 (UK time); online

SESSION SIX: Progress and next steps 

Wednesday 22nd April 2026
10:00 to 14:30 (UK time); online

For more information click here.