The 2014 SERA Lecture provides an overview of the concept of inclusive pedagogy, a
distinctive approach to classroom teaching offering an alternative pedagogical approach …

The OECD report 'Equity, Excellence and Inclusiveness in Education'(Schleicher, 2014)
highlights the disparities in attainment and opportunity between children in many countries …

As part of the current Review of Education Governance in Scotland, the Headteachers'
Charter is perceived as a central policy solution. The Charter changes the responsibilities of …

School holidays can be stressful periods for children from low-income families. Poor
provision of appropriate childcare, limited access to enrichment activities, and food …

When addressing schools' responses to inequalities, discussions are often framed in terms
of enhancing wellbeing (eg McLaughlin 2015). Indeed, the keynote speaker at a recent …

Purpose Historically, the school effectiveness and improvement movement has focussed its
attention on “within school” factors associated with effectiveness and improvement and on …

The attainment gap associated with socio-economic status is an international problem that is
highly resistant to change. This conceptual paper critiques the drive by the Scottish …

The mental health of children and young people is of increasing concern both to educational
psychology and to the Government's priorities throughout the UK. This paper reports the …

Child poverty is rising across affluent Western societies; how it is measured is vital to how
governments act to prevent, alleviate or eliminate it. While the roots of childhood poverty are …

In the United Kingdom, undergraduate students from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic
backgrounds receive lower classes of degrees than white students, and similar gaps have …