Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
Un/Satisfactory? Enhancing life chances by improving “satisfactory” schools 2011	Dr Becky Francis	Education theory	Royal Society of Arts (RSA)
Academies and maintained schools: oversight and intervention October 2014	National Audit Office (NAO)	Education theory	National Audit Office (NAO)
Schooling for money: Swedish education reform and the role of the profit motive December 2010	Gabriel Sahlgren	Education theory	Institute of Economic Affairs
Plan A+: unleashing the potential of academies March 2012	Dale Bassett, Gareth Lyon, Will Tanner and Bill Watkin	Education theory	Reform and SSAT
Chain effects: the impact of academy chains on low income students (second report) July 2015	Dr Phillip Kirby, Professor Becky Francis and Professor Merryn Hutchings	Education theory	Sutton Trust
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)
Academies and free schools 2015	Education Select Committee	Education theory	House of Commons - Hansard
Unleashing greatness: getting the best from an academised system January 2013	Professor Christine Gilbert, Professor Becky Francis, Professor Chris Husbands and Brett Wigdortz	Education theory	Pearson Publishing and Royal Society of Arts (RSA)
Governors' handbook: for governors in maintained schools, academies and free schools January 2015	Department for Education	Education theory	Department for Education (DfE)
Preparing English young people for work and life: an international perspective September 2015	Dr Paul Cappon	Education theory	Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE)
The introduction of Academy schools to England’s education August 2015	Andrew Eyles and Professor Stephen Machin	UK policy	Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)
Understanding the improved performance of disadvantaged pupils in London September 2015	Dr Jo Blanden, Ellen Greaves and Professor Paul Gregg	Education theory Social mobility / closing the gap Supporting social mobility	Council for Advancement and Support in Education (CASE) and London School of Economics (LSE)
School partnerships and co-operation 2013	Graham Stuart MP	Education theory	House of Commons - Education Select Committee
Chain effects: the impact of academy chains on low income students (first report) 2014	Professor Merryn Hutchings, Professor Becky Francis and Dr Robert de Vries	Education policy Education theory Inter-school collaboration +7 more	Sutton Trust
Academy schools: who benefits? 2010	Professor Stephen Machin and James Vernoit	Education theory View all	Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)
Educational excellence everywhere March 2016	Department for Education	Education policy Leadership and governance System improvement and collaboration +2 more	Department for Education (DfE)
How to turn around a failing school: lessons from 160 academies March 2016	Dr Alex Hill and Dr Terry Hill et al.	Education policy Leadership and governance Performance and accountability +3 more	Centre for High Performance
The link between academies in England, pupil outcomes and local patterns of socio-economic segregation between schools 2014	Professor Stephen Gorard	Education policy Education research Performance and accountability +5 more	Durham University
The most able students: are they doing as well as they should in our non-selective secondary schools? June 2013	Ofsted	Education theory Social mobility / closing the gap Spiritual, moral, social and cultural education (SMSC) +1 more	Ofsted
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)