Research

The latest from the world of education research including pedagogical studies, national school survey data and classroom case studies

Friday

20th Dec 2024

Ofsted inspections of teaching quality ‘could risk discrepancies’
Expert observers assessing the same lesson can produce different ratings on teacher quality, new research warns

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Thursday

19th Dec 2024

Disadvantage gaps are ‘deep-rooted’ but ‘not inevitable’
Research by Education Policy Institute identifies places where schools are ‘beating the odds’ to reduce inequalities
Disadvantage gaps are ‘deep rooted’ but not ‘inevitable’

Wednesday

18th Dec 2024

Just third of teachers say Ofsted can accurately inspect in 3 days
Teacher Tapp poll also finds that 4 in 10 teachers do not think inspectors can accurately assess a school, no matter how long an inspection lasts
Only one in three teachers think Ofsted can accurately assess a school in three days.

Monday

16th Dec 2024

More schools practise ‘exam condition’ Sats from start of Year 6
More ‘good’ and ‘outstanding’ schools have formally tested pupils for Sats this term than in previous years, findings suggest
Schools with top Ofsted grades increasingly likely to carry out Sats practice

Thursday

12th Dec 2024

EEF: ChatGPT cuts lesson planning by nearly a third
The saved time did not come at the expense of quality, independent evaluation finds
ChatGPT lesson planning

Wednesday

11th Dec 2024

Trauma: what is it and what role should schools play in support?
Trauma has become a contentious topic in schools, so we spoke to a world-leading expert to define what it is and where schools fit in the process of diagnosis and support
Painting trauma

Tuesday

10th Dec 2024

Number of teachers in Scottish primaries drops by over 600 in a year
Teacher numbers fell in 26 of Scotland’s 32 councils between 2023 and 2024 – with just 13 per cent of new primary teachers securing a permanent job by September
Number of teachers in Scottish primaries drops by over 600 in a year

Monday

9th Dec 2024

Are things in education as bad as they seem? Let’s check the data
As we look ahead to 2025, we need to take stock of the troubling state of our system, argues Megan Dixon – and then work out how to fix it
Are things in education as bad as they seem? Let’s check the data

Wednesday

4th Dec 2024

Attendance: How England compares with the rest of the world
The latest Timss report includes data on school absence from 65 nations globally. Ellen Peirson-Hagger looks at where England ranks
Different chairs of the world
More than 300,000 children ‘missing from education’
The government should expand its plan for a not-in-school register to ensure that vulnerable children don’t ‘fall through the cracks’, says EPI report
More than 300,000 children missing from education system, experts warn

Tuesday

3rd Dec 2024

Why education struggles to warm up economic ‘cold spots’
If there is one area of education where there will always be agreement, it’s the need to tackle the ‘baked in’ inequality of impoverished areas, writes Alex Quigley
Child with cup of tea

Friday

29th Nov 2024

Behaviour: Third of support staff witnesses verbal abuse every day
The formation of the government’s support staff negotiating body must lead to improved pay and conditions, says the UK’s largest union

Behaviour: Third of support staff witnesses verbal abuse every day