ABOUT BERA BERA is a membership association and learned society committed to advancing research quality, building research capacity and fostering research engagement. We aim to inform the development of policy and practice by promoting the best quality evidence produced by educational research. Our vision is for educational research to have a profound and positive influence on society. We support this by promoting and sustaining the work of educational researchers. Our membership, which is more than 2,500 strong, includes educational researchers, practitioners and doctoral students from the UK and around the globe. Founded in 1974, BERA has since expanded into an internationally renowned association. We strive to be inclusive of the diversity of education research and scholarship, and welcome members from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, theoretical orientations, methodological approaches, sectoral interests and institutional affiliations. We encourage the development ABOUT THE BERA BLOG The BERA Blog was established to provide research- informed content on key educational issues in an accessible manner. Its aim is to produce and promote articles that attract policymakers, parents, teachers, educational leaders, members of school communities, politicians and anyone who is interested in education today. It also welcomes the submission of research- informed articles from across this community. The blog is edited by a small team comprising academic representatives chosen by BERA’s Academic Publications Committee and the BERA office. All content is approved for publication by one or more of this team. However, the views of the authors are their own, and the views expressed on the blog (and in this collection) are not the official views of BERA. The blog is currently curated by the editorial team of Jennifer Agbaire, Gerry Czerniawski, Naomi Flynn, Alison Fox, Elizabeth Rushton, Barbara Skinner and
of productive relationships with other associations within and beyond the UK. We run a major international conference each year alongside a diverse and engaging series of events, and publish high quality research in our peer-reviewed journals, reports, book series and the groundbreaking BERA Blog. We recognise excellence through our awards and fellowships, provide grants for research, support the career development of our members, and nurture an active peer community organised around networks, forums and special interest groups. British Educational Research Association (BERA) Elizabeth Meehan Suite, Regent House, 1–6 Pratt Mews, London NW1 0AD www.bera.ac.uk | enquiries@bera.ac.uk 020 4570 4265 Charity Number: 1150237 ABOUT BERA BITES The BERA Bites series presents selected articles from the BERA Blog on key topics in education, presented in an easily printable and digestible format to serve as teaching and learning resources for students and professionals in education. Each collection features an introduction by editors with expertise in the field, and each article includes questions for discussion, composed by the authors, prompting readers to further explore the ideas and arguments put forward in the original articles. See bera.ac.uk/bera-bites ABOUT THIS ISSUE This document is available to download from: https://www.bera.ac.uk/publication/bera-bites-issue- 15-educating-for-all-who-are-we-educating Our preferred citation is as follows. Priestley, A., Earnshaw, H., & Cantali, D. (2026). Educating for all: Who are we educating? (BERA Bites Issue 15). British Educational Research Association. https://www.bera.ac.uk/publication/bera-bites-issue- 15-educating-for-all-who-are-we-educating
Kathryn Spicksley. See bera.ac.uk/blog
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