Research
The latest from the world of education research including pedagogical studies, national school survey data and classroom case studies
Friday
27th Jun 2025
7 findings from survey on working lives of teachers and school leaders
DfE publishes full report – including findings on behaviour, inspection and flexible working – of its 2024 survey

The surprising link between discovery learning and Singapore maths
Jerome Bruner is often dismissed as the ‘father’ of discovery learning, but his research has given education so much more, writes Christian Bokhove

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
