All ready for the last day of the year in Sandwell with the Collaborative Inquiry groups!

NEW CLIPS FROM THE CLASSROOM! 🎉🧮 Check out our latest Clips from the Classroom video where we visit a Year 1 classroom to see how carefully chosen manipulatives, stem sentences and teacher modelling support pupils in learning a new mathematical concept! researchschool.org.uk/clips-from-t...

Great morning with Trust and Maths leads at St Bart’s yesterday morning, focusing on implementation planning and year 2’s professional development programme! Stacey Jordan Aspirer research school St. Bart’s Multi-academy Trust

Working with St Bart’s maths leads this morning on auditing The Power of Three and preparing for year 2! Wonderful conversations. @aspirerrs.bsky.social

Don’t miss out on a space - with 95 people signed up so far, this is a popular and FREE twilight! Join us TOMORROW night from 4-5 - it’s not too late to join us!

Join our online fully-funded upcoming twilight CPD on Effective Implementation of Whole-School Literacy with Staffordshire Research School on 29th April! Perfect for: • Literacy leads • Senior leaders • Teachers driving whole-school literacy 🎟️ Book your place: researchschool.org.uk/staffordshir...

Exciting news! Due to popular demand, our brilliant ELE John Marsh is hosting another twilight around Oracy. This time he will talk through how to implement and sustain an Oracy curriculum. Sign up for your FREE place now! researchschool.org.uk/staffordshir...

Using an acting out strategy to problem solve with St Bart’s maths leads!

So excited to see the day unfold with St Bart’s maths leads - module 3 ‘Teaching Problem Solving’ as part of our Evidence into Action partnership!

We’re delighted to welcome our new ELEs (Evidence Leads in Education) Meena Gabbi and Amy Stafford to the team. They bring a wealth of experience, insight and practical expertise and we are so excited to have them supporting leaders and schools across our network!

It has been fabulous working with our Primary Collaborative Inquiry groups at John Taylor Multi Academy Trust! Great discussions around implementation planning for our groups, one with a focus on disadvantage and one on challenge!

An amazing morning with St Bart’s trust Maths leads focusing on ‘Making Maths Concrete’. Great to see colleagues engaging with practical approaches to support pupils in developing secure understanding. We are looking forward to seeing how this work develops throughout this project!

A great day working with leaders in Sandwell as developing their 4 Communities of Practice focusing on: Challenge, Feedback, Adaptive Teaching and Metacognition!

A brilliant (and free) webinar twilight for KS3 Reading next Monday (23rd March) - don’t miss out and sign up for your place now! researchschool.org.uk/staffordshir...

Don’t forget to join us for our half-termly evidence briefing this morning at 8:00am! All the latest updates from Staffordshire Research School to the EEF - don’t miss out! researchschool.org.uk/staffordshir...

A brilliant (and free) webinar twilight for KS3 Reading next Monday (23rd March) - don’t miss out and sign up for your place now! researchschool.org.uk/staffordshir...

Join our online fully-funded upcoming twilight CPD on Effective Implementation of Whole-School Literacy with Staffordshire Research School on 29th April! Perfect for: • Literacy leads • Senior leaders • Teachers driving whole-school literacy 🎟️ Book your place: researchschool.org.uk/staffordshir...

NEW FREE READING EVENT! Want to make a real difference to reading at KS3? FREE Twilight | 23 March | 4–5pm (Online) Keeping Pupils on the Reading Bus at KS3 🚍 Explore practical, evidence-informed strategies to strengthen your KS3 learning offer! researchschool.org.uk/staffordshir...

🤩 New EEF Resource! 🤩 A new Check. Adapt. resource helps organise a teacher’s next steps into three pathways that they may use. The headings reflect patterns teachers see every day, where evidence from pupils guides decisions in the moment: lnkd.in/eU2V24ce

What a pleasure to host our third Pupil Premium Network meeting with our Warwick partnership based on Recommendations 1 and 2 of the Implementation Guidance.

🏠 The EEF Reading House has had a renovation! The EEF’s latest blog introduces the updates: ow.ly/kIiE50Y5uJg An essential read for any teacher but particularly those leading reading in their settings!

Secondary #schools can apply to join 3 new @theeef.bsky.social funded trials testing adventure learning, restorative practices & #wellbeing programmes. Low‑cost places available with deadlines in late May. Details here. buff.ly/w5mWNLx #EEF #mentalhealth #teachers

Primary #schools are invited to join 3 new @theeef.bsky.social funded trials, including peer-tutoring for reading, retrieval practice in science & offsite PPA. Free or low‑cost places available with deadlines from April. Details here: buff.ly/XHRxDds #EEF #education

We loved attending and speaking at the Midlands Education Leaders event focussing on Improving Education, Reducing Inequality Event!

Thank you to everyone who joined us today for an amazing session with Juliet Stafford, Amy Sandilands and Sharon Leftwich-Lloyd from @EtoneCollege college re: Disciplinary Literacy!

Another busy week: - The final Evidence Exploration Workshop with leaders in Warwick - Governor twilight: evaluating Pupil Premium Strategies - Implementation twilight discussing the 3rd recommendation - Planning for a 2 year Evidence into Action partnership with @StBartsTrust

🌟NEW BLOG 🌟 Want to ensure that Teaching Assistants are deployed effectively for maximum impact? Have you read the updated @EducEndowFoundn guidance report? Read this new blog for a summary of the new guidance and a link to the full report. researchschool.org.uk/staffordshir...

Calling all evidence informed, Early Years colleagues. 📢 Have you seen this exciting opportunity to work as an Early Years Evidence Advocate for the @EducEndowFoundn ? Click on the link for further information and the application form. educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/opportu...

Wanting to make impactful changes in your school? Join us on the 11th June to learn all about recommendation 3 of the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) Implementation Guidance Report. Secure your free ticket today 👇 shorturl.at/55kHw

Calling all Governors: Join us on Tuesday 10th June 2025 for our final Pupil Premium session of the year. The Governor twilight will focus on Evaluating you Pupil Premium Strategy. Secure your place today 👇 lnkd.in/e3tfYe2F

🌟New Podcast 🎙️- Reading Curriculum comprehension strategies. Amy Sandilands from @EtoneCollege discusses how they used the EEF pilot study  in the Geography department and beyond. Learn all about Teacher and Pupil Curriculum Comprehension strategies: preview.app.goo.gl/r4j68.app.go...

🎧 In the second episode of a new three-part series, our podcast continues discussions on whether teaching is an art rather than a science, including how research evidence fits into this. (1/2)

🌟 Launching tomorrow! Tomorrow, Thursday 6th March, we're launching a brand-new resource to support early years settings to make the most of their Early Years Pupil Premium funding. Stay tuned as we prepare to publish the resource.

Is your school making the most of its TAs? Emily Yeomans explains what the newly updated @theeef.bsky.social guidance says about deploying teaching assistants for maximum impact

CoachBright & @theeef.bsky.social Research Trial Are you looking to boost maths skills, confidence, and attendance among your students? Join CoachBright's exciting EEF-funded research trial for 2025/2026.

📣 Calling all educators! We’re looking for passionate people like you to share your insights and experiences as part of our community of educators, the EEF Exchange. Help make sure our work stays relevant and grounded in the real world.  Apply: ow.ly/UtL450VCmn5

It was our final workshop of the @StBartsTrust Evidence Exploration Partnership this week. Together we created our theory of change & have identified the behaviour change activities needed to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children.

Interesting survey looking at school readiness for Reception pupils. There is a big gulf between parent and educator perceptions. shorturl.at/COCWV Want to support your families with school readiness? Download this useful resource- startingreception.co.uk/about/#instr...

Today we delivered Workshop 2 of our Evidence Exploration Partnership in Warwick. The focus of the day was examining local data to build consensus around the priority for the partnership. We also discussed the importance of promoting equity & challenging unconscious bias.

Such a great day with colleagues from the Netherlands sharing their experiences of research engagement in their contexts. Some great presentations from a number of research schools too!

NEW: FROM THE ARCHIVES This year we take a weekly dip into the archives to revisit blogs from the past. This week, @staffordshirers.bsky.social discuss the importance of empathy, and how to 'meet parents halfway'. buff.ly/3XN5zGb

✨NEW BLOG ✨ 'I Can't do maths....yet!' Guest blogger, Neil Randall from @EtoneCollege, discusses how to minimise gaps in recall so that it does not impact on future learning. He shares some great ideas for a smooth transition to Secondary School. tinyurl.com/2fsy5p7u

We were very honoured to deliver a presentation for the Welsh Government We shared the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) SEND guidance report recommendations at their Additional Learning Needs Conference. It was great to hear from a range of speakers sharing excellent practice.

SecEd Podcast: This episode asks what it means to be a research-informed school & how to engage with #research to improve #teaching. Great advice from our panel: @thatpovertyguy.bsky.social @mattbromley.bsky.social @jonesedu.bsky.social @staffordshirers.bsky.social https://buff.ly/4jF43iv #teachers

Today we’ve facilitated our 3rd workshop with leaders from St Bart’s MAT for their Evidence Exploration Partnership. The focus for the session was to examine additional data analysis & determine the priority for the partnership. @staffordshirers.bsky.social @aspirerrs.bsky.social

SecEd Podcast: This episode asks what it means to be a research-informed school & how to engage with #research to improve #teaching. Great advice from our panel: @thatpovertyguy.bsky.social @mattbromley.bsky.social @jonesedu.bsky.social @staffordshirers.bsky.social https://buff.ly/4jF43iv

What a great way to spend a Wednesday, with literacy leads from across Worcester. Day 1 of leading literacy ✅. Loved being a part of it a facilitating today and the opportunities brought about by being an ELE with @staffordshirers.bsky.social

SecEd Podcast: This episode asks what it means to be a research-informed school & how to engage with #research to improve #teaching. Great advice from our panel: @thatpovertyguy.bsky.social @mattbromley.bsky.social @jonesedu.bsky.social @staffordshirers.bsky.social https://buff.ly/4jF43iv #edusky

SecEd Podcast: This episode asks what it means to be a research-informed school & how to engage with #research to improve #teaching. Great advice from our panel: @thatpovertyguy.bsky.social @mattbromley.bsky.social @jonesedu.bsky.social @staffordshirers.bsky.social https://buff.ly/4jF43iv #edusky

We have had a great day in Bristol at the @rs_network combined regional meeting with Research Schools from the South West. Great discussions and learning. It was also brilliant to meet colleagues from Holland who are working with schools to support evidence use.