⏰ Final places available Join us this afternoon for a focused, practical webinar on deploying TAs effectively and explore how evidence can support: • clearer TA roles • stronger classroom impact • more consistent support for pupils 🗓 Wednesday 3 June | 15:45–16:45 ✅ Free to attend

Looking for practical, evidence-informed approaches to TA deployment? This FREE twilight webinar brings the EEF’s updated guidance to life — led by experts working directly with schools. 🗓 Wed 3 June | 15:45–16:45 (⏰NEW TIME!) 🔗 forms.gle/xJqFndLrsaKZ... #TADeployment #EEF #SchoolLeadership

🎙️ New EEF podcast: How can 16–19 providers close disadvantage gaps and help every learner thrive? Listen here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/podcast...

📢 Save the date Breaking Down Barriers Conference: Creating the Inclusive Classroom An evidence‑informed conference on adaptive teaching and inclusion, led by the South West and South Coast Research Schools Network and aligned with EEF guidance. 📅 20 Nov 2026 |📍 Exeter 🔗 Register bit.ly/490PMca

🏫Great to see colleagues here today for Session 2 of Making the Difference for Disadvantaged Pupils ⚙️A really purposeful session exploring the tiered approach, with thoughtful focus on implementation, metacognition, and identifying practical, evidence-informed solutions @theeef.bsky.social

📢 The EEF’s School’s Guide to Implementation has been refreshed ✅ All implementation guidance in one place ✅ Dedicated pages for each recommendation ✅ New videos from Jonathan Sharples & Jamila Boughelaf ✅ Blogs from the Research Schools Network educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...

📘 TA Deployment Webinar. We’re pleased to be joined by Clare Greene for this FREE twilight webinar. Clare brings a deep expertise in inclusive practice, school improvement and evidence‑informed leadership @theeef.bsky.social Read more here▶️ researchschool.org.uk/somerset/mee...

What does effective scaffolding really look like in the classroom?🎥 Clip #3: Scaffolding from our Clips from the Classroom series focuses on how structured support can help pupils succeed — and how that support is gradually withdrawn. ▶️ researchschool.org.uk/clips-from-t... 📆 Next clip coming June.

Mimicry can look convincing. Mastery takes time. Our latest blog, by Mark Robson, explores how learning moves from copying to lasting understanding. 📖 From mimicry to sustained mastery researchschool.org.uk/somerset/new... #EvidenceInformed #Teaching

FREE Twilight Webinar We’re delighted to be joined by Sally Franklin — ✨ contributor to the @theeef.bsky.social updated Deployment of TA's guidance ✨ nationally recognised expert in inclusion & SEND ✨ engaging and inspiring keynote speaker 🔗Register forms.gle/Wo7NdHywFJWD...

EEF is partnering with the Department for Education to build the evidence base on the impact of EdTech in schools and colleges. Excited to support the national Testbed programme and smarter use of technology in education. educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/partner...

🚀 Monday Motivation 🚀 Good luck to every pupil sitting exams and SATs this week. We are cheering you on every step of the way. To the school staff, parents and carers who make it all possible, we are sending our best wishes for the weeks ahead. #mondaymotivation #SATs #GCSEs #ALevel

📘 Deployment of Teaching Assistants – FREE twilight webinar. Join us for an expert-led session exploring the updated @theeef.bsky.social TA guidance and how thoughtful deployment can make a meaningful difference for pupils. 🗓 Wed 3 June | 15:30–17:00 🔗https://forms.gle/mi1VdSR3k52yZnEx8

📚Calling all Year 5 teachers Fluency Focus is still recruiting in some regions. Be part of an EEF trial supporting reading fluency through practical classroom approaches. 🔗 Check your eligibility: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects-and... #PrimaryEd #Reading #EEF

🏫Small schools need monitoring and evaluation systems that are useful, manageable and proportionate. 📚Join us for a practical session where will look at how to use everyday evidence @theeef.bsky.social @rsncornwall.bsky.social 🔗Register here▶️ researchschool.org.uk/northyorksco...

📚 We were delighted to welcome colleagues to @blueschoolwells.bsky.social for Day 1 of Making the Difference for Disadvantaged Pupils. 🌱 A day rich in evidence, expertise and thoughtful discussion. Huge thanks to @marcrowland73.bsky.social @theeef.bsky.social

Why strategy is so important for making sure the Early Years Pupil Premium closes learning gaps How a group of nurseries worked together to strengthen their strategies and support children from lower-income backgrounds. Blog: tinyurl.com/2nwsh8ms

⏰ Last chance to register Making the Difference for Disadvantaged Pupils, featuring @marcrowland73.bsky.social @theeef.bsky.social supporting leaders to close the disadvantage gap through evidence-informed practice. 📅 Starts 29 April | 🎟️ Limited places ▶️Register here forms.gle/ntUxtmSxni2N...

⏰ Last chance – join us this afternoon! 📚 FREE Literacy Twilight Briefing 🕒 15:45–16:45 (online) Explore the EEF’s Improving Literacy Guidance Reports with Somerset Research School and gain practical, evidence-informed strategies you can use straight away. ▶️ Register now: forms.gle/WSRTPwYRiyZq...

📚Poets in assemblies. Authors in classrooms. Libraries full at lunchtime. Reading culture is alive and well @blueschoolwells.bsky.social 🔗Join us tomorrow afternoon to explore @theeef.bsky.social Literacy recommendations. ▶️https://researchschool.org.uk/somerset/event/literacy-twilight-briefing

Early years settings: strengthen your maths practice Last few spaces for @ndnatalk.bsky.social's Maths Champions, fully funded by the DfE. Children in participating settings made 3 months’ extra progress in maths & language on average. For PVIs, maintained, & school nurseries. tinyurl.com/4xcc7n8r

🌷We are looking foward to catching up with our extended team this afternoon, updates, a highly aniticpated quiz & seasonal mini eggs!🐣 @theeef.bsky.social Meet the team ▶️ researchschool.org.uk/somerset/mee...

📖Read our latest blog. Talk First: Closing the Early Literacy Gap in the Early Years @theeef.bsky.social “High-quality talk is deliberate, equitable, precise and cumulative.” researchschool.org.uk/somerset/new...

Secondary schools in England: How are you managing behaviour and supporting pupils? Take part in the School Climate Study with @natcen.bsky.social, @youthendowmentfund.org.uk, & us. ✔ Share your experience confidentially ✔ Get tailored results ✔ £100 thank-you Take part: tinyurl.com/2mrxuhk6

💡If we want students to read complex texts and write with precision, they need regular opportunities to rehearse ideas aloud— using the language of the subject. That’s how understanding grows. tinyurl.com/3vsewcky 2/2

💬 We say “talk helps learning”. But it’s stronger than that: 👉 Talk is learning. Oral language isn’t separate from literacy — it sits at its heart. Reading, writing and talk are deeply interconnected. 1/2

📚It was great to see colleagues at the Bristol Primary Heads conference last week, thank you for coming along to say hello! 🌷If you would like to join us at one of our upcoming CPD events click the link to see what's coming up! @theeef.bsky.social 🔗https://researchschool.org.uk/somerset/events

📹 Have you seen Clips from the Classroom? 🗓️ Every week we spotlight a clip of a school putting evidence into practice This week, @townendresearch.bsky.social focus on activating prior knowledge as part of the EEF's '7-step model'. 👀 WATCH NOW: buff.ly/zbJhJot

Why take part in an EEF trial? Contribute to the evidence base and support your colleagues to improve teaching and learning! Access professional development for your staff! Deliver promising approaches at a heavily subsidised rate! Find trials recruiting:

📣 We’re looking for early years settings to take part in an EEF-funded trial of TWiTCH (Talk with Tales for Children) which aims to support language development in 3–4-year-olds, delivered by @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social. 1/2

📚We are delighted to offer a new FREE Literacy twilight webinar, in partnership with Cornerstone English Hub. 🗓️Register today and join us on Wednesday 1 April, 15.45 -16.45 to explore the EEF's four literacy Guidance Reports. ▶️Sign up and reserve your space: researchschool.org.uk/somerset/eve...

📢Evidence Informed Middle and Senior Leadership, new CPD opportunity @theeef.bsky.social ☕3x afternoon sessions, 13.00-16.00, based in the Teaching & Learning Hub @blueschoolwells.bsky.social Register today: 🔗https://researchschool.org.uk/somerset/event/evidence-informed-middle-senior-leadership

Great to be meeting with Primary Heads Across Bristol (PHAB) today at their annual conference. Fantastic to hear from Professor Lee Elliot-Major again about #equity approaches.

🗣️ Do you want to know how to structure classroom talk to strengthen metacognition? Try this: - Pick one moment (plan, monitor, or evaluate) - Model your thinking aloud - Use 2–3 prompt questions to guide pupil talk Use our new practitioner tool, editable for your context. 🔗 tinyurl.com/ajv67jv2

🎧 New episode of Evidence into Action out now! We’re exploring metacognition and its evolving role in classrooms with @beverleyjj.bsky.social, Tom Colquhoun of @somersetrs.bsky.social and Emily Smeaton of North Yorkshire Coast research School. 🎙️ Don’t miss it: tinyurl.com/2n2bnvak

📢Turn research into real classroom impact. Join us and a host of experts from across the South West & South Coast for a powerful day of evidence-informed practice @rsncornwall.bsky.social 🔗https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclR3m2kAjea65W5vod80PPpfMN7749hYtvkBQ2dwPvyUCOfg/viewform

School teachers — we'd love to hear from you 🧠📚 You make decisions every day about what works. Help shape the evidence behind them. Join EEF Exchange to share what matters in practice, answer quick questions, and get early access to our resources. Sign up: ow.ly/KKSJ50YgtXe

Our term 1 bulletin is out! Primary & Early Years Bulletin - sway.cloud.microsoft/aIqcTDD1RSem... Secondary and Post-16 Bulletin - sway.cloud.microsoft/rq1GOuIGGatl...

📢Register today! Join us after half term for the online launch, followed by 3x face to face sessions @blueschoolwells.bsky.social with the brilliant Sally Franklin & Claire Greene @theeef.bsky.social Book here ▶️ 🔗https://researchschool.org.uk/somerset/event/deployment-of-teaching-assistants

Secondary schools: build evidence on pupil wellbeing! Join our trial of Place2Be's Learning Together for Mental Health. A whole-school approach using restorative practice + pupil–staff action groups, evaluated by Ipsos in the UK, Anna Freud 👉 tinyurl.com/hh2ac4xf

🗞️Hot off the press! Read our latest newsletter and catch up on the latest resources, PD opportunities and events @theeef.bsky.social 🛋️Read more here▶️ researchschool.org.uk/somerset/new... 📝If you would like to receive our newsletter sign up here▶️ researchschool.org.uk/somerset/new...

Join @devonresearchsch.bsky.social this March for their 3-day PD programme, 'Developing Metacognition in Your School' 🔗Find out more and register here: researchschool.org.uk/devon/event/...

Teachers — want real-time insight into student understanding? Try hinge questions. A hinge question is a multiple-choice question asked at a key moment in a lesson to check whether pupils are ready to move on. A simple but powerful formative assessment tool. Read more: tinyurl.com/ad8mcyzj

Recruitment is open for six new EEF-funded school projects 🎉 Covering reading, mental health, science, maths, adventure learning, and teacher recruitment & retention. 75% of state-funded schools have taken part in an EEF project — explore what’s right for your school 👇 tinyurl.com/7abr9ey2

⚙️High-quality PD is one of the most powerful tools we have to improve learner outcomes, close the disadvantage gap, and strengthen workforce development @theeef.bsky.social 📢Register today! 🔗https://researchschool.org.uk/somerset/event/evidence-informed-middle-senior-leadership

🌱Book a place this Spring on our 3-day programme exploring @theeef.bsky.social updated guidance and discover how to maximise the impact of your ta's. 🌷Suitable for: Headteachers, Senior Leaders, T&L Leads, SENDCOs and HLTAs 🔗Find out more and register here: researchschool.org.uk/somerset/eve...

Join us for this 3-day programme where we will explore what the evidence says about how disadvantaged learners make progress and how we can respond to the disadvantage gap @theeef.bsky.social @marcrowland73.bsky.social Find out more and register here: researchschool.org.uk/somerset/eve...

🧠 New tools to support metacognition We’ve released 3 practical tools to help teachers and leaders develop pupils as independent learners, alongside our metacognition and self-regulated learning guidance. 👉 tinyurl.com/4db4cjna

Turning Research into Real Classroom Practice. Join us in Exeter 12 June 2026. Find out more: d10a08pz293654.cloudfront.net/production/d... @rsncornwall.bsky.social @somersetrs.bsky.social

🎄 We hope that you enjoy a reling break of the holidays and look forward to catching up in the new year! researchschool.org.uk/somerset/