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How youth work complements and supports schools

Three studies show how youth work is a vital part of any effort to improve the lives and outcomes...

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Will Millard and Jacob Diggle
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How are multi-academy trusts navigating centralisation?

New research reveals how trusts pool funding and the opportunities and challenges for more and better centralisation

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Chris Kirk and Will Jordan
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Teacher-powered research: how we’re building the evidence around everyday practice

A new stream of EEF evaluations aims to give teachers better evidence to support their everyday practice

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Christine Kelly and Faizaan Sami
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The practice where consistency brings little benefit

A lot is made of keeping students with the same teacher year on year, but the data doesn’t bear...

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John Jerrim
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Are the theoretical underpinnings of oracy sound?

Ian Cushing reveals new research into the uncomfortable origins of oracy and how they persist in today’s political discourse

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Ian Cushing
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Can combining language and movement improve both?

Anna Cunningham sets out the results of a new study for into combining exercise and literacy with young pupils...

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Dr Anna Cunningham
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The Knowledge. Can oracy be reliably assessed?

A new report explores the use of new models of assessment to make oracy a reliably measurable part of...

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Amanda Moorghen
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What is the ‘second transition’ and why does it matter for attendance?

A new report highlights a second transition point which may be particularly important for secondary schools to improve attendance

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Owen Carter
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What makes some schools succeed in closing disadvantage gaps?

New research into pupil premium spending indicates some strategies may be more fruitful than others for under-resourced students

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Mark Wrangles