Research
The latest from the world of education research including pedagogical studies, national school survey data and classroom case studies
Friday
7th Mar 2025
Pandemic five years on: how school social distancing efforts paid off
Schools worked hard to introduce social distancing, mask wearing and class bubbles during the Covid-19 pandemic. Now scientific research shows it was worth it
Why SEMH support is schools’ biggest challenge
Pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs have been found to fare the worst in terms of getting SEND support. Why is this, and what can schools do with constrained resources?
Monday
24th Feb 2025
How useful is it to compare education systems around the world?
Crude caricatures of how education works in different countries can be unhelpful, writes Christian Bokhove, who says we need a more nuanced approach
Don’t withdraw breaktime to punish poor behaviour, schools told
Interim report from Raising the Nation Play Commission proposes that Ofsted assesses schools on playtime length, which would ‘reward schools that value play highly’
EEF trials 5-day Shakespeare training for primary teachers
The training is one part of 11 research projects the Education Endowment Foundation has launched to build evidence in writing and secondary maths