Tier Blundell, Chief Executive of Excluded from School
This book captures the kind of change education desperately needs. For underserved learners like I was, school can become a place where rejection is reinforced and difference goes unseen or ignored. Macfarlane and Jenkins understand that deeply. They show that achieving real equity is not just about raising aspirations, but about building schools where every learner is genuinely seen, valued, related to and given a place to belong. This work is urgent and would have a made a meaningful difference in my life had it been implemented. Therefore, every leader serious about equity and outcomes for all learners should read this book.