Blitzkrieg on Boys

Boys' underachievement has become one of the significant issues confronting schools today. This is a problem which can and should be addressed at a number of levels: theoretical, policy, and practical. This paper focuses on issues of policy and practice and describes how The Boswells School in Chelmsford has sought to address the particular problems it perceives as significant. Though The Boswells is a successful school, this has not prevented the objective of increasing boys' achievement being given a high priority. How the school has sought to address this through a wide range of initiatives is described and some evidence of early success is presented.