Colin Noble is a PSE Advisor and Raising Boys Achievement Manager in Kirklees Local Education Authority and has been responsible for publishing a range of packs, videos, leaflets and posters on the subject of raising boys achievement. Wendy Bradford is a Deputy Headteacher at a large and successful mixed secondary school with a wealth of classroom experience behind her.

• Introduction 1 We are facing a crisis 2 How and why boys under-achieve 3 The importance of teaching and learning styles 4 How to organise a strategy to raise boys’ achievement 5 One school’s story 6 Making decisions about setting 7 Other whole school strategies designed to raise 8 Getting it right for boys and girls in the classroom 9 Raising achievement in English 10 Raising achievement in mathematics and science 11 Raising achievement in design and technology 12 Raising achievement in modern foreign languages 13 Raising achievement in the humanities 14 Raising achievement in the arts 15 Getting it right in the secondary school library 16 Raising boys’ achievement across the pyramid 17 Exercises for continuous professional development, Epilogue