Impact issue 24: Call for papers

Issue 24 call for papers

For the summer 2025 issue of Impact, we are seeking papers focusing on inclusive and adaptive approaches to curriculum and learning. Topics can include, but are not limited to: 

• Supporting learners with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in accessing the curriculum, in mainstream settings and across all phases
• Curriculum planning, teaching and learning in specialist settings
• Adaptive teaching and inclusive practices
• Curriculum delivery, communication and support
• Holistic and inclusive curriculum design
• Curriculum reform in action across the nation states and beyond
• Inclusive approaches in early childhood care and education
• Community- and family-centred approaches to supporting learners
• Inclusion, SEND and initial teacher education.

Article types include:

Research (1,000-2,000 words): Summaries of current original research (including practitioner research) with their implications for pedagogy

Perspectives (1,000-2,000 words): Pieces offering a clear, balanced, research-informed review or critique of a particular topic within the issue theme

Case studies (1,000-1,500 words): Detailed studies of single settings or occurrences with clearly defined boundaries, such as a pedagogical intervention, an assessment initiative or an approach to CPD in a particular context

Reflections (500-1,000): Teachers discussing a specific piece of research and how it has informed their practice.

Submissions

The Chartered College of Teaching is committed to furthering equality, diversity and inclusion across our organisation, and we seek to promote a range of voices in Impact and all our content to ensure that our work is fully representative of the teaching profession. We encourage authors with protected characteristics, particularly relating to race, religion or belief, disability and sexual orientation, as we know that these areas are underrepresented in our content. We welcome submissions from all prospective authors, across the full range of phases and settings, including early career teachers.

If you wish to submit to this issue, please complete the relevant section of this form, specifying which article type you intend to write.

Deadlines

Abstract submissions deadline:  Monday 4 November

Notifications of accepted proposals sent to authors: Thursday 14 November

Full drafts submitted: Thursday 12 December

If you do not hear from us by Friday 15 November, please contact us at journal@chartered.college

If you are from a commercial organisation, please contact the publishing team on the email above prior to submitting.

Please add notifications@email.submittable.com to your list of contacts to ensure that you receive updates on your submission.