Matt Bromley

1 week ago | buff.ly | Matt Bromley

Stories give meaning to our lives and make us who we are. They shape our self-awareness, thus helping us to make sense of personal experiences, no matter how complex or difficult. Stories can also have a profound impact on our behaviours, values, and attitudes – as well as on our very belief system. Stories don’t just help us make sense of ourselves, though; they also teach us important lessons and convey complex ideas, thus helping us make sense of the world around us.

1 month ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Matt Bromley

"People would mock my accent," he said. But it didn't faze him. He told the BBC that, "I'd look at their artworks and I'd think, well, if I drew like that, I'd keep my mouth shut."I’ve been a Hockney fan my whole life. I used to live a stone’s throw from Salts Mill and would visit the gallery most weekends. My parents, who vaguely knew Hockney’s brother, lived near the artist’s seafront home in Bridlington. So, you could say there’s long been an affinity.

1 month ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Matt Bromley

I argued that, since ‘mobility’ means movement, social mobility implies people moving out of the working classes, leaving behind all that they are and identify with. What we want instead, I said, is social justice, which is about celebrating people’s roots, while simultaneously ensuring those roots don’t take a stranglehold of their life chances. Social justice is about ensuring opportunities are earned not inherited. And that’s never been more important – especially in education.

1 month ago | routledge.com | Matt Bromley

Table of Contents Book Description Critics' Reviews 1st Edition By Matt Bromley Copyright 2025 188 Pages 40 B/W Illustrations by Routledge 188 Pages 40 B/W Illustrations by Routledge Every child, no matter their starting point or background and no matter their additional and different needs, should have an equitable chance of success at school.

2 months ago | sec-ed.co.uk | Matt Bromley

Equity in the education system has never been more important. We live in an increasingly unequal, fractured society, and schools, as microcosms of that society, are becoming increasingly unequal, fractured institutions. Schools cannot solve all of society’s ills, of course, and nor should they be expected to, but they can do more to ensure a child’s birth is not their destiny.