SATs 2019: gender and disadvantage inequities
Date: 12.09.2019A sizeable gender gap exists – in girls’ favour - while the disadvantage gap narrowed only fractionally this year...
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Keep up to date with the latest developments in education in schools. Not only the facts, but how schools are responding to them.
Funding and efficiency in secondary schools in England
Date: 02.09.2019Is the current funding policy working? Will the new funding be allocated wisely? We examine school efficiency metrics to find out....
READIFS 2019 annual report on education spending in England:...
Date: 02.09.2019The Institute for Fiscal Studies considers trends in school spending since 2003 - and what it means...
READThe education disadvantage gap in England
Date: 30.07.2019The new EPI report examines the progress made in closing the gap in educational attainment between disadvantaged pupils and their peers, known as ‘the disadvantage gap’....
READObserving effective mathematics teaching
Date: 27.07.2019This review examines a range of lesson observation frameworks designed for and used in the observation of teaching in mathematics....
READLondon schools - the secret of their success
Date: 27.07.2019Success in recruiting and retaining great teachers, highly effective school leadership and the impact of well-designed school improvement interventions....
READMATs: benefits, challenges and functions
Date: 22.07.2019An Ofsted investigation into multi-academy trusts shows a great deal of variation....
READTeachers feel unsupported on classroom behaviour
Date: 22.07.2019Ofsted has published research that shows the well-being of most teachers is generally low or moderate....
READPrimary PE and Sport Premium Survey
Date: 22.07.2019The DfE finds that its Sport Premium is increasing the quality and physical education in England...
READWhere have all the teaching assistants gone?
Date: 22.07.2019DfE report exposes the impact on SEND of schools' rationalisation of TA provision to address cutbacks....
READIncreasing EBacc entry rates
Date: 22.07.2019The DfE conducted research into how schools have (or haven't) increased EBacc uptake. Here are the key findings from this small scale research study....
READThe recruitment gap
Date: 22.07.2019Research shows the extent to which schools in disadvantaged areas struggle to recruit staff...
READElitist Britain 2019
Date: 22.07.2019This report paints a picture of a country whose power structures remain dominated by a narrow section of the population: the 7% who attend independent schools, and the roughly 1% who graduate from just two universities, Oxford and...
READSchool funding and pupil premium
Date: 22.07.2019The Sutton Trust’s annual polling of teachers looks at issues around school funding, budget pressures and use of Pupil Premium funding...
READSelective Comprehensives Great Britain
Date: 22.07.2019Sutton Trust research shows that school performance is largely down to intake...
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