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
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
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
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)
Good career guidance 2014	Sir John Holman	Education theory	The Gatsby Charitable Foundation
Arts education in secondary schools: effects and effectiveness 2000	Multiple	Education theory	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
Literacy and numeracy catch-up strategies 2012	Department for Education	Education theory	Department for Education (DfE)
A rising tide: the competitive benefits of free schools 2015	Jonathan Simons and Natasha Porter	Education theory View all	Policy Exchange
Language trends 2015/2016 April 2016	Teresa Tinsley and Kathryn Board	Languages View all	Education Development Trust (formerly CfBT Education Trust)
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 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)
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
What works in teaching maths? November 2009	Professor Robert E. Slavin, Cynthia Lake and Dr Cynthia Groff	Literacy and numeracy Science/(STEM) View all	York University
The ins and outs of selective secondary schools: a debate March 2015	Dr. Sarah Jenkins	Education theory	Civitas
Careers work in England’s schools: politics, practices and prospects July 2017	Doctor Deirdre Hughes	Careers education View all	British Journal of Guidance & Counselling