Research
The latest from the world of education research including pedagogical studies, national school survey data and classroom case studies
Thursday
26th Jun 2025
TA-led scheme boosts Year 2 numeracy, finds EEF
Intervention led by teaching assistants improves the progress of pupils struggling with maths by two months, according to the Education Endowment Foundation

Impact of teacher retention payments ‘far from conclusive’
Financial incentives aimed at keeping teachers in the job have less impact than previously thought, according to NFER research

Tuesday
17th Jun 2025
More school leavers in ‘positive destinations’ but university gap widens
The divide in university attendance between the most and least deprived school leavers grew to 34.7 percentage points for the 2023-24 cohort

How to boost children’s spatial skills - and their maths performance
Training children’s spatial abilities improves maths performance, studies show – and new research from the University of Surrey identifies practical teaching methods to do just that

Thursday
12th Jun 2025
EHCPs up 11% as DfE mulls their future
The number of education, health and care plans has more than doubled since 2016. Here are five key points from today’s DfE data

Why you could be getting whole-class feedback wrong
Whole-class feedback has the potential to be a workload saviour, says Alex Quigley, but does it always help learning?
