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Seven ways to improve science teaching, according to the EEF

The Education Endowment Foundation has published a new report on ‘improving secondary science’, which gives seven recommendations to try...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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EEF: Group pupils within classes rather than setting or streaming

Grouping pupils by their attainment for specific activities within their usual classes is more likely to boost attainment than...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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New £9.8m fund to gather world’s ‘best’ teaching practices

A new £9.8 million fund will deliver a five-year project to gather the best teaching practices from around the...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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EEF: Calculators do not limit learning in maths

Using calculators in maths lessons doesn’t erode pupils’ skills and may actually make them better at problem solving, according...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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EEF predicts ‘little or no headway’ in closing attainment gap by 2021

Schools are expected to make “little or no headway” in closing the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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EEF seeks schools for ‘rapid-marking’ and handwriting trials

The Education Endowment Foundation is looking for around 500 schools throughout England to take part in four new trials...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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EEF: Teacher research engagement strategies are ineffective

Teachers need “structured and intensive support” to engage with new research if outcomes are to improve, according to new...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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EEF launches new music, drama and journalism trials

Thousands of children across the England will take part in new trials to assess whether skills like music, drama...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Research schools: What are they and why do they exist?

There are now 22 research schools across the UK, and 11 are in government-identified social-mobility “cold spots”. Samantha King...

Samantha Lauren King
Samantha Lauren King