Yes He Can! Closing the Attainment Gap for Boys at Secondary School
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- ISBN 9781041242154
- Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 07 Aug 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 extracurricular 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.
Mike Bell taught science in secondary schools and then ran courses in evidence-based methods for the Evidence Based Teachers Network (EBTN). He is the author of The Fundamentals of Teaching, Routledge 2021. He founded and was the lead researcher for the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Men and Boys issues from 2021 to 2025.
