In this blog, Corinne Settle, EEF teaching and learning specialist, explains how teachers can use feedback to adapt teaching and improve learning 👉 buff.ly/LFfqO04 Check out the Guidance Report: buff.ly/5cpPHnv #EEF #Education #TeacherFeedback

The most read blogs on our website during 2025 1. How to develop disciplinary literacy in maths buff.ly/4NVtiTy 2. A Pedagogy For Equity – What can we learn from Teaching for Mastery in Mathematics? buff.ly/DqHN5va 3. Explicit Vocabulary Instruction: A Child’s Eye View buff.ly/XNpfunF Have a read

Welcome Back to school! We hope you had a relaxed and restful break.

Have a wonderful Christmas break 🎄

Seeking some quality reading this Christmas? Look no further! We have blogs from TGRS: buff.ly/IZy6ucE Blogs from the EEF: buff.ly/9dJMi4S Blogs from the Research Schools Network: buff.ly/dE1o8n8 Which is your favourite?

Feedback: The engine room of adaptive teaching. In this blog, Corinne Settle, EEF T&L Specialist, discusses how teachers can use feedback to adapt teaching and improve learning. buff.ly/XRzx16b #EEF #Adaptiveteaching

How can a school achieve consistency for effective manipulative use? Joanne Edokpay - Maths lead at St Peter’s Primary School, Wallsend - shares how her school are developing a consistent approach to the effective use of manipulatives and representations.

Have you seen the updated Supporting School Attendance web pages! The refresh brings improved consistency across the site and a streamlined layout designed to help you quickly access the tools you need. Explore the new pages today and discover what’s changed 👉

Evidence from the EEFs Early Years Evidence Store shows that nature-based play supports children’s learning and development 🌱 Explore resources from The National Education Nature Park to help children explore, understand and care for nature

Nursery rhymes are more than just playful songs — they’re powerful tools for supporting young children’s development. Lauren Grocott, the EEF’s Content and Engagement Specialist for Early Years, explores how nursery rhymes support children’s learning and development? 👉 buff.ly/tYHKqLJ

Our next session is on Thursday 4 December In this session we explore robust methods for moving beyond labels to diagnose the specific barriers preventing progress — from academic gaps to attendance or wellbeing needs. Sign up today: buff.ly/hoY9YFq #PP

Mobilising mathematical manipulatives through purposeful professional development. In this blog, Luke Rhodes shares how purposeful PD has played a significant role in mobilising effective mathematical manipulatives across school. buff.ly/WBvFswI #UKMathsChat @NCETM

Our latest newsletter will be landing at the end of the week, packed with the latest updates and events from TGRS and the wider Research Schools Network. Don’t miss out—sign up today to get your copy: buff.ly/owgT9EJ

What impact have EEF-funded programmes had on pupils with EAL? This study investigates the impact of EEF-funded trials on literacy and mathematics attainment outcomes for pupils with English as an Additional Language. Read more: buff.ly/3eqdGBs

Are you an exceptional middle or senior leader with a proven track record in delivering impactful professional development and driving school improvement within your own setting? This opportunity is for you - read more: buff.ly/uuC0qNM #ELE #ResearchSchoolsNetwork

Fluent transcription skills as the foundations for writing in this blog, Chloe Butlin, EEF literacy specialist, considers one approach from our ‘Clips from the Classroom’ collection to building transcription fluency. buff.ly/cPo4XxT #literacy #education #writing

In our latest blog, Making the payback more than the payout: Creating Agents of Change through professional development, Emma Penn shares the model developed by Maths Hubs to create Agents of Change. ▶️ buff.ly/TbhRXwg Explore more in our webinar: buff.ly/6LdJ5lU

The @EducEndowFoundn has released updated guidance on metacognition & self-regulated learning - one of its most widely used evidence resources. Explore the update here: 🔗

Help @NatCenSR generate evidence on what works in schools! Take part in the School Climate Study 2025 – funded by @EduEndowFound & @YouthEndowFund. Headteachers, teachers & selected Year 7–9 pupils complete short online surveys Find out more:

🚨 Coming soon: Updated guidance on metacognition & self-regulated learning from @EducEndowFoundn! Packed with practical strategies, new tools, and classroom examples to help your pupils plan, monitor and evaluate. 📅 Launching 13th Nov 2025 #EEFMetacognition #EEFGuidanceReports

Tudor Grange Research School is expanding its team and looking to recruit a number of Evidence Leads in Education (ELEs) These roles offer an exciting opportunity to contribute to evidence-informed school improvement across the central region. Read more: buff.ly/azz8K7c

How do you translate the energy of a great training session into genuine, lasting change in your own school or department? Co hosted by @OriginMathsHub, join us for our Advocate Hour on 20 November to discover more. Further details and register: buff.ly/32ckunU #PD

Welcome back 🎉 We hope everyone had a great half term break 😀

Tudor Grange Research School is expanding its team and looking to recruit a number of Evidence Leads in Education (ELEs) These roles offer an exciting opportunity to contribute to evidence-informed school improvement across the central region Read more: buff.ly/azz8K7c #EEF #researchschoolsnework

How do you translate the energy of a great training session into genuine, lasting change in your own school or department? Co hosted by @originmathshub.bsky.social, join us for our Advocate Hour on 20 November to discover more. Further details and register: buff.ly/32ckunU #PD #Education #EEF

𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲? Join us for a special 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 session with @marcrowland73.bsky.social and 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 🔗𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘂𝗽 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 forms.gle/dfT4QbNSTe1C... 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲

New podcast - Sustaining your Pupil Premium strategy This episode explores how schools are strengthening their Pupil Premium strategies to better support disadvantaged pupils. Listen here 👂 buff.ly/hzC3yp0 #PP #pupilpremium

It was great to be invited to present to the Origin Maths Hub LLME community! The sessions explored implementation, oracy and equity. #LLME #NCETM

Our series on How to be an effective leader of #pupilpremium & #disadvantage begins this week 🎉 There is still time to sign up for session 1 on 16 October @ 3.30pm 👉 buff.ly/bqC2rJk 😀 #pp #educationevidence

Defining “disadvantage” for 16–19 evaluations is complex — each measure has pros and cons for accuracy, coverage, and consistency. @EducEndowFoundn’s Senior Evaluation Manager unpacks the strengths and limits of different approaches. Read: tinyurl.com/mv6rrudv

Spontaneous speech and the new GCSE speaking exam Join us on 22 October, 1-4pm for this Face to Face Teachmeet which will be focus heavily on the GCSE Speaking exam and offers a fantastic opportunity to speak with colleagues. Read more and register: tinyurl.com/bddjuxfp #languages #cpd

PD Alert 🚨 There is still time to sign up to our two part series: How to be an Effective Leader of Pupil Premium & Disadvantage Starting 16 October ➡️ read more and sign up: buff.ly/bqC2rJk

Texting parents could boost student attendance An independent evaluation, led by Verian and jointly-funded by the EEF and Youth Endowment Fund, found that texting parents the number of days missed rather than percentages helped parents better understand and act on the messages. Read more:

🔁 We've updated our Teaching and Learning Toolkit — including new evidence on reading comprehension. 📈 With 40 new studies, the Toolkit now shows that effective comprehension strategies can boost progress by up to 7 months. 1/2

🗣️ Do you work in the early years? We want to hear from YOU! Take a quick 10-min survey on Early Years Pupil Premium funding to help shape future support. 💷 £50 for an optional follow-up interview! 🔗 Join here: www.iffresearch.com/...

NPQ applications are open until 11 October 🎉 Check out the range of NPQs we have available 👉 tinyurl.com/4vxvd23k Apply today 👉 tinyurl.com/2ur8jd6w #NPQ #Education

What does effective leadership of disadvantage look like in practice? In Beyond the Strategy Document: Closing the Disadvantage Gap, we have practical insights from Dawn Ashbolt, Director of Monitoring and Evaluation at Tudor Grange Academies Trust. Read the blog here: buff.ly/Jlphm4H

🚨 Newsletter Alert🚨 Catch up on all the latest from Tudor Grange Research School and from around the Research Schools Network in our latest newsletter Read it here 👉 buff.ly/iPO7Ju6

Did you know The Teacher Development Fund offers grants up to £165,000 to support partnerships between arts organisations and groups of 6–10 primary schools, bringing the arts into classrooms. This round of grant applications closes on 12th November. Read more:

Another great day at the Worcestershire partnership on the leadership of disadvantage and reading. What we are talking about...? How do you ensure that the first thing that comes to mind when teachers hear the phrase disadvantage isn't problems, but high aspirations 😁 #EEF

If you're teaching Year 8 maths this year and haven't had specialist training in the subject, our trial of Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics, a professional development programme from NCETM, could be a great fit. 👉 Find out more: buff.ly/3ktjve0 @ncetm.bsky.social #maths #EEF

Are you looking to develop literacy provision at your primary school? How about Writing Roots by Literacy Tree. It’s a trial to test the impact of a whole-school programme to develop writing through rich children’s literature. Read more 👉 buff.ly/rHsjEOt

Don't miss out on our upcoming newsletter! Full of news and updates from Tudor Grange RS and the Research Schools Network. Sign up now to get it directly in your email inbox: buff.ly/yFheehJ 🎉

The @theeef.bsky.social has launched new guidance to support effective professional development (PD) in the 16–19 sector. 📘 Free, practical, and evidence-informed. 🔗 buff.ly/oN4DpFq #EEF1619 #EEFCPD

How to be an Effective Leader of Pupil Premium & Disadvantage. Two free twilight sessions focused on evidence based approaches to planning and delivering an effective Pupil Premium strategy. Read more and register: buff.ly/URvD2g7 #pupilpremium #education

In this blog, @theeef.bsky.social literacy specialist Chloe Butlin explores how 'The Simple View of Writing' can help teachers understand why some pupils struggle to get their thoughts down on paper - and what we can do to support them. buff.ly/ttD12SN

In 2025–26, the Pupil Premium is worth over £3bn, reaching 2.2 million pupils. Writing a Pupil Premium strategy isn’t easy. Leaders must balance tight budgets with diverse pupil needs, while making sure decisions are guided by evidence that really makes a difference. buff.ly/33GEcuh

Make sure your Pupil Premium strategy delivers maximum impact for pupils. The EEF’s updated 5-step guide helps schools to: 1️⃣ Diagnose needs 2️⃣ Use reliable evidence 3️⃣ Develop strategy 4️⃣ Deliver & monitor 5️⃣ Evaluate & sustain 🔗 Explore the guide: buff.ly/YdiVS5x

The @EducEndowFoundn has launched a new, digital guide to the Pupil Premium – designed to help schools support disadvantaged pupils to thrive. 🔗 buff.ly/YdiVS5x

Why upcoming @theeef.bsky.social funded trials are an important part of Maths Hubs activity