Yes He Can! Closing the Attainment Gap for Boys at Secondary School - Mike Bell

This book reveals how six schools, serving very different communities, successfully tackled their boys’ attainment gap by focusing on whole-school culture change. It explores the reasons why boys are underachieving and dispels common myths about engaging boys.

Offering a wide range of tried-and-tested strategies, the book provides detailed guidance on creating a safe, respectful school community that enables boys and girls to thrive. Chapters outline how key interventions were implemented across each school and the impact they had including:

• Celebrating diverse achievements

• Building strong relationships and supporting home links

• Role-modelling and peer mentoring

• Enrichment and extra-curricular activities

• Literacy support and oracy development

• Consistent discipline

• Internal observation and staff training

Full of practical advice to help make boys’ underachievement a thing of the past, this is essential reading for all teachers and school leaders interested in boys‘ attainment and behaviour.