I help schools build exceptional leadership, inclusive cultures and sustainable improvement. Leadership Coach BSO Inspector Dad of 2 Author - Inclusion, Belonging and Leadership www.trac-education.co.uk www.inclusiveacademy.trac-education.co.ukhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3mwusw55czk2aBlack history doesn’t belong here. It only visits. That’s what schools risk saying when October’s posters come down and the learning stops. This is belonging debt: the cost of belonging deferred. Black history belongs in our curriculum all year. So do the people making it.02 Oct 2026 07:09 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwusw55czk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3mwahuimywk24More than a walk in the park…24 Sep 2026 04:58 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwahuimywk24https://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3mvowdwzhvk2zBelonging Needs Leadership. Like achievement. Like pastoral care. Like curriculum. We wouldn’t leave any of those to chance. So why would we leave belonging to chance?17 Sep 2026 05:30 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvowdwzhvk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3mvhedodyg22xRelevant and Useful!14 Sep 2026 05:19 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvhedodyg22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3mulnlxkjnc2rIt started with a question. What if being included isn’t enough? There’s inclusion. And there’s INclusion. One invites you in. The other makes you feel you belong. Being invited in doesn’t guarantee you’ll feel IN. INclusive Academy. www.inclusiveacademy.trac-education.co.uk03 Sep 2026 04:50 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulnlxkjnc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3mugncpg7cc26A Different Way to Improve Schools We’ve been quietly building something. Something practical. Something different. And something I’ve wanted to create for a long time. INclusive Academy goes live this September.01 Sep 2026 05:01 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugncpg7cc26https://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3mueaecmsck2kThe beard didn’t survive. The idea did. This photo was taken during Covid, before TRaC Education existed. A few years later, an idea became a business. TRaC Education turns 3 tomorrow. And there’s something else I’ve been growing quietly in the background. It’s not another beard. More tomorrow.31 Aug 2026 06:04 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3mueaecmsck2khttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3mtsn53ihm225School Improvement Done Differently. Ignore belonging and it doesn't sit still, it builds debt. I call it BelongingDebt. Staff and students must feel Visible, Valued, Respected, Represented and Connected - this resurfaces as attainment gaps, turnover, unexplained behaviour data. #BelongingDebt24 Aug 2026 06:05 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsn53ihm225https://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3mt2morj7o22mResults Day: Look beyond the grades. Who felt Visible, Valued and Respected? Who saw themselves Represented in success? Who was Connected to an adult who believed in them? Ask the same of those who thrived. Results tell us how pupils performed. They should also make us ask how well they belonged.14 Aug 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2morj7o22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3mscxpqvyr22kSchools have made huge strides in inclusion in recent years, yet many learners and staff still don't feel they truly belong. Maybe inclusion isn't the destination and INclusion is the beginning. You can be included without ever feeling IN. Have you ever felt that way? #Belonging #INclusion05 Aug 2026 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3mscxpqvyr22khttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3ms5qslosi22qINclusion is not just inclusion as we know it. It is about being IN. When I write about INclusion, I’m not talking about policies or programmes. I’m talking about people feeling IN. INclusion is not just about access. It’s about recognition, participation, contribution and connection.03 Aug 2026 05:20 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms5qslosi22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3mqcuif3cnc2rDo you have books about belonging in your CPD library?10 Jul 2026 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcuif3cnc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3momqftizj22kThe Belonging Debt Problem in Schools! Belonging Debt is the accumulated gap between a school’s promise of belonging and people’s lived experience of it. The debt builds quietly. And too often, it is paid for by the person thrown under the bus.19 Jun 2026 06:42 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3momqftizj22khttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3mohkaqx2fs2bWhat does your school's BelongingDebt look like? BelongingDebt accumulates every time a policy isn't lived. It affects your recruitment, your outcomes etc. Every school is either paying it down or building it up. Most don't know which one they're doing. Are you paying it down or building it up?17 Jun 2026 05:08 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3mohkaqx2fs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3mo3lmh7bbc2cI came across Derry Girls a few now. Who would have thought I’d eventually find myself in Derry, in schools, supporting teachers this week. One of the unexpected joys of my work is that it takes me to places I might never otherwise have visited and introduces me to people I would never have met.12 Jun 2026 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo3lmh7bbc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3mnrltwgkok2iShe picked up my book before I could start editing it. “I’ll read it for you daddy.” She shouted. We read together every day. I suppose this was inevitable. 30 Days of Belonging: Your Classroom Companion - A Practical Guide to Building Inclusive Connected Learning Environments. Coming soon!08 Jun 2026 11:38 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnrltwgkok2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3lzseqyayz22cThis week I interviewed pupils for our Sports Council. Their confidence, honesty, and reflections on belonging & sport were inspiring. Even more so, their drive to be advocates and role models. Student voice is transformative. Proud to lead a school where this sits at the heart of our culture.27 Sep 2025 06:40 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzseqyayz22chttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3lrvmpbwlms2aWelcome to The Leadership Table: Culture, Inclusion & Change https://open.substack.com/pub/drdwightweir/p/welcome-to-my-leadership-table-culture?r=5tjy96&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false18 Jun 2025 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrvmpbwlms2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3lqfn576gws27Belonging is not a “nice to have” Belonging is not built by chance. It is shaped by inclusive leadership, culturally responsive teaching, and relationships rooted in trust. A culture of belonging isn’t built by policy it is built by people, especially those in leadership.30 May 2025 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqfn576gws27https://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3lngmjg73ys2uThere is no shortage of headlines about teacher retention....what if we are not talking enough about one area? Do we talk enough and openly about how prejudice, discrimination, and racism are pushing talented educators out of schools. Not just subtly, often systematically. Let us call it what it is!22 Apr 2025 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3lngmjg73ys2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3lmvwdxovok2kWhat if when you jump, you do not fall, but you fly? What if the leap you feared became the beginning of your rise? What if every risk was met not with regret, but with revelation and the sky welcomed you like it had been waiting all along? What if you just ignore the negative energy around you? 😊16 Apr 2025 06:05 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmvwdxovok2khttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3lmu4kd64u22iStep Out (Even When It is Awkward). There is a special kind of boldness in quietly dreaming bigger than your current role allows. But dreaming is simply not enough. You have to back yourself even if your voice shakes and your comfort zone throws a tantrum. Walk into rooms where no one expects you.15 Apr 2025 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmu4kd64u22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3lmnc4ujhzk2eSchool’s Out School Leaders! Are you resting? Here’s your Permission Slip to do absolutely nothing productive this break! Rest isn’t a reward — it is leadership fuel. Reflect - Recharge - Return with less eye twitching and more clarity Do one gloriously unproductive thing this break be proud of it?12 Apr 2025 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmnc4ujhzk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3lkkmfchek22tA fulfilling week in Northern Ireland last week, working with school leaders and trainee teachers across 5 schools. Discussions focused on teaching, learning, and reflection. The warmth of the people and Belfast’s growing diversity stood out. Looking forward to the coaching conversations this week.17 Mar 2025 07:17 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkkmfchek22thttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3li4mkx67z22aI am delighted to be expanding my work with schools in developing their inclusive practices and provision. As an Inclusion Quality Mark Assessor, I look forward to supporting schools in creating environments where every student feels valued, supported, and empowered to succeed. #Inclusionforall14 Feb 2025 06:53 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3li4mkx67z22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3lhg66ptda22fThe INclusive Leader framework weaves Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) into leadership, guiding schools with vision, compassion, and purpose. I'm thrilled to share this visual summary of The INclusive Leader’s Principles, Benefits, Challenges, and Impacts.05 Feb 2025 08:37 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhg66ptda22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3lgo5e4anlc2mThank You!26 Jan 2025 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgo5e4anlc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3levs5u23ik2aIt is Saturday 4th January 2025! This can only mean one thing! amzn.eu/d/cGPToM9 amzn.eu/d/hWRDHxj04 Jan 2025 09:29 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3levs5u23ik2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3lethfeghkc22THEY ARE HERE. The Kindle editions of my books are now available on Amazon worldwide—ready for you to dive into! Even better, the hardcover and paperback versions will be available to order tomorrow. I’d love to hear your thoughts about the books. #DEIBLeadership#DEIBPlanning03 Jan 2025 11:11 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3lethfeghkc22https://bsky.app/profile/drdwightweir.bsky.social/post/3leiw45gi5c2m📚 6 Days to Go! Saturday 4th January 2025! The countdown is on, only 6 more days until The INclusive Leader books are in your hands (or on your Kindle)! #TheINclusiveLeader#DEIBLeadership #DEIBPlanning30 Dec 2024 06:35 +0000at://did:plc:b3psu7lacoa6uwugdswdle53/app.bsky.feed.post/3leiw45gi5c2m