Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
Case studies of effective partnership working to raise attainment at Key Stage 2 July 2015	Professor Daniel Muijs	Education research Inter-school collaboration KS1 +2 more	Oxford Review of Education
Successful science: an evaluation of science education in England 2007-2010 2011	Ofsted	Science/(STEM)	Ofsted
Progress in international reading literacy study (Pirls) 2013	IEA	Education theory	Boston College
The Place2Be: measuring the effectiveness of a primary school-based therapeutic intervention in England and Scotland August 2009	Dr. Sarah Jenkins	Education theory	Counselling and Psychotherapy Research
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
Bold beginnings: The reception curriculum in a sample of good and outstanding primary schools November 2017	Ofsted	Curriculum planning	Ofsted
Reading Recovery: a sector-wide analysis 2015	Deborah Bradford and Wai-Yin Wan	Education theory	Centre for Education Statistics and Analysis
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)
Lessons from London schools for attainment gaps and social mobility June 2014	Ellen Greaves, Dr Lindsey Macmillan and Luke Sibieta	Education theory	Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission
Literacy and numeracy catch-up strategies 2012	Department for Education	Education theory	Department for Education (DfE)
Partnership working in small rural schools: the best of both worlds 2014	Robert Hill, Kelly Kettlewell and Jane Salt	Education theory	Education Development Trust (formerly CfBT Education Trust)
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
Exploring effective pedagogy in primary schools: evidence from research 2014	Professor Iram Siraj, Brenda Taggart and Professor Edward Melhuish	Education theory	Pearson Publishing
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
A comparison of academic achievement in independent and state schools January 2016	Dr Francis Ndaji, Dr John Little and Professor Robert Coe	Assessment Education research Equality and diversity +6 more	Centre For Evaluation and Monitoring
Careers engagement: a good practice brief for leaders of schools and colleges April 2014	Dr Deirdre Hughes	Careers education View all	Association of School and College Leaders
Language trends 2015/2016 April 2016	Teresa Tinsley and Kathryn Board	Languages View all	Education Development Trust (formerly CfBT Education Trust)
Out of school activities during primary school and KS2 attainment April 2016	Dr Emily Tanner, et al	KS2 Social mobility / closing the gap Social/welfare support +4 more	University College London - Centre for Longitudinal Studies