The recent release of Adolescence on Netflix, alongside Gareth Southgate’s Dimbleby Lecture, has sparked a welcome surge in thoughtful and productive conversations around masculinity. It’s encouraging to see these topics gaining traction, and at PiXL, this is a conversation we’ve been engaging with for some time.
Adolescence is now available to stream for free with Into Film+ for all secondary schools in England and you may already be consideringhow you might make use of this content with your Year 10 and Year 11 students if and when appropriate. To support leaders in any stage of education looking to turn this growing awareness into meaningful action, we’re sharing a few more key resources that might help you translate discussion into impact in your context.
A Conversation Worth Rewatching
Back in 2023, Rachel Johnson hosted a networking live session with Mike Nicholson from Progressive Masculinity, exploring how schools can approach this topic with intention and care. While the full session is available to PiXL members, we’ve made a short, powerful segment available for everyone to watch:
Train the Trainer
Progressive Masculinity are offering PiXL members a discount on their ‘train the trainer’ event which enables educators to support boys and young men to critically engage with issues related to masculinities in the classroom and beyond. Find out more about this on PiXL Save.
Insights in Print
If you prefer reading to watching, we’ve condensed some of the most relevant content from our recent PiXL Insights publication on raising boys’ achievement (sponsored by Educake). These selected articles speak directly to the questions being raised in the wake of Adolescence and offer a range of perspectives from thought leaders in the field. You can download this below!
Huge thanks to our contributors:
- Alex Blower, Boys’ Impact
- Susan Morgan & Andy Hamilton, Ulster University
- Di Lobbett
- Oli McVeigh
- Deneen Kenchington
PiXL members can download the full publication on the website.
Join the Next Wave of Insights
We’ll be recruiting for our next cohort of Insights projects in the summer term. If you’re interested in getting involved or want to find out more, we’d love to hear from you: insights@pixl.org.uk
Download our free resource
PiXL Insights – Masculinity edit
