Tees Valley Education Trust is an all-through MAT. In the last 18-months, they have been leading action research around curriculum and tackling educational inequality. A pilot action research project has been run with a secondary school and TVED as well as with Bede Academy, an all-through school. The research sought to work with young people to explore how teachers can better understand the disadvantaged context of young people and the ways that curriculum could be better planned to tackle this. Young people have very much enjoyed being part of the research and contributing to the intent, implementation and impact of curriculum in their classrooms. The workshop will offer: Practical insights into what the on-going research has found; actionable recommendations for leading your own research project with a class; research-informed approaches to curriculum design with poverty and disadvantage in mind; and the opportunity to further understand how to link curriculum with wider Pupil Premium and poverty-tackling approaches.