Social mobility, inspiring belief and good lesson planning.

It’s good that the government is able to show some improvement -however small - in social mobility. We all know that the assembly hall can effect as much change as anything from Whitehall.

- If you can teach every child in the classroom as though he is the only child in the world

- If you can give her the passion for knowledge that will help her grow every day for the rest of her life.

- If you can shift the inertia of defeatism with the sense of personal achievement with small but significant victories in the classroom.

- If you can inspire the personal belief that he has much chance as anyone else in the world...

Then you as a teacher can do more for the social mobility of your group than any government initiative you care to mention.

Take a look at some inspiring lesson plans to keep you moving in the right direction…