Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
Governance models in schools April 2011	Tami McCrone, Clare Southcott and Nalia George	Education theory	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
Arts education in secondary schools: effects and effectiveness 2000	Multiple	Education theory	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
What works for gifted and talented pupils 2003	Dr Felicity Fletcher-Campbell, Kate Ridley and Kerensa White	Education theory	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) and Local Government Association (LGA)
PISA in practice: tackling low performance in maths; additional analysis of Pisa in England 2015	Bethan Burge and Juliet Sizmur	Education theory	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
Creating a research-engaged school: a guide for senior leaders 2014	Dr. Sarah Jenkins	Education theory	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) and United Learning
A guide to the evidence on academies 2015	David Sims, Hilary Grayson and Karen Wespieser	Education theory View all	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
Exploring the characteristics of education systems which are successful in science July 2015	Dr Newman Burdett, Bethan Burge et al	International policy Regional / location differences Science/(STEM) +2 more	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
Analysis of academy school performance in 2015 June 2016	Jack Worth	Education policy Leadership and governance Schools, teaching and management +3 more	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) and Local Government Association (LGA)
Executive headship March 2017	Andy Buck, Karen Wespieser and Jennie Harland	Leadership and governance View all	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
The performance of partially selective schools in England March 2016	Karen Wespieser, Claudia Sumner, Jennifer Garry, Daniele Bernardinelli and Louis Coiffait	Education policy Education research Performance and accountability +4 more	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)