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)
Schooling for money: Swedish education reform and the role of the profit motive December 2010	Gabriel Sahlgren	Education theory	Institute of Economic Affairs
The pupil premium: an update July 2014	Dr. Sarah Jenkins	Education theory	Ofsted
Research evidence on free schools, closures and parental choice August 2010	Dr Rebecca Allen	Education theory	Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO)
Academies and free schools 2015	Education Select Committee	Education theory	House of Commons - Hansard
Governors' handbook: for governors in maintained schools, academies and free schools January 2015	Department for Education	Education theory	Department for Education (DfE)
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)
A rising tide: the competitive benefits of free schools 2015	Jonathan Simons and Natasha Porter	Education theory View all	Policy Exchange
Mathematics made to measure 2012	Ofsted	Education theory View all	Ofsted
Educational excellence everywhere March 2016	Department for Education	Education policy Leadership and governance System improvement and collaboration +2 more	Department for Education (DfE)
Philosophy for children: an evaluation July 2015	Professor Stephen Gorard, et al.	KS2 Pupil development and support Social mobility / closing the gap +3 more	Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)
Teaching to teach: literacy April 2016	Professor Stephen Machin, Professor Sandra McNally and Dr Martina Viarengo	Education research Literacy and numeracy View all	Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)
School and college-level strategies to raise aspirations of high-achieving, disadvantaged pupils to pursue higher education January 2014	Professor Carole Leathwood et al	Careers education Post 16 & Apprenticeships Social mobility / closing the gap +3 more	Department for Education (DfE)
The pupil premium: next steps July 2015	Dr. Sarah Jenkins	Education policy Social mobility / closing the gap Social/welfare support +3 more	Sutton Trust and Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)
The pupil premium: how schools are spending the funding successfully to maximise achievement February 2013	Ofsted	Education policy Social mobility / closing the gap Supporting social mobility +2 more	Ofsted
Divergent pathways: the disadvantage gap, accountability and the pupil premium July 2016	Jo Hutchison, Sir John Dunford and Mike Treadway	Education policy Social mobility / closing the gap Supporting social mobility +2 more	Education Policy Institute
Grammar schools and social mobility September 2016	Jon Andrews, Jo Hutchinson and Rebecca Johnes	Education policy Schools, teaching and management Social mobility / closing the gap +4 more	Education Policy Institute
The impact of academies on educational outcomes July 2017	Jon Andrews, et al	Schools, teaching and management UK policy View all	Education Policy Institute
What every parent needs to know: how to help your child get the most out of primary school 2014	Tony Young and Miranda Thomas	Education theory	Penguin Books
Battle hymn of the tiger teachers: the Michaela way November 2016	Katharine Birbalsingh	Behaviour Education policy Education theory +7 more	John Catt Educational