Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
The pupil premium: an update July 2014	Dr. Sarah Jenkins	Education theory	Ofsted
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)
Mathematics made to measure 2012	Ofsted	Education theory View all	Ofsted
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)
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