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 September 2025, consisting of six events throughout the year.

NB: Registration to the first event automatically enrolled you on the full programme of six sessions. If you did not join the first event but now wish to register for this event and the remainder of the programme please contact us directly: cpd@nace.co.uk; 01235 425000

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. 

Free copy of The Working Classroom for every delegate!

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 – 14.30 (UK time); NACE office, South Oxfordshire

For more information click here.