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Following the release of the industrial strategy Green Paper this week, the Education Policy Institute’s Gerard Dominguez-Reig examines the government’s proposals for vocational education and skills.;The government released its...
READTrends in arts subjects in schools where English Baccalaureate entry has increased...
READIn 2010, the Swedish Parliament enacted [F1] a new education act that, among other aspects, stipulated education in primary and secondary schools must be based on research and proven experience. Such a legal requirement that would apply...
READRefocusing Assessment is a resource which provides a framework for school leaders and department heads to plan a coherent whole school approach to assessment that will support the learning of each and every student.;The resource is also...
READIn March 2017, NFER was commissioned by the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) and its membership body, the Society for Education and Training (SET), to support the development of, as well as analyse and report on, a survey of...
READResearch report on DfE website;In March 2016, NFER and Sheffield Hallam Institute of Education were commissioned by the Department for Education and the National College for Teaching and Leadership to undertake an early process...
READBeginning Teacher (BT) attrition in the UK has been described as problematically high
... READNFER completed a randomised controlled trial and process evaluation of Code Clubs between June 2015 and September 2016. Code Club UK is a nationwide network of after-school clubs for children aged 9-11 years, supported by volunteers,...
READResearch report on the DfE website;This feasibility study examined whether it is possible to design and collect metrics to measure the quality of governance in the school system. The aims of the project were to;Establish a set of...
READThis paper examines the factors associated with active travel to school on an average (typical) school day in Wales and contrasts these findings between primary and secondary school children. The analysis was based on data for 4206...
READThis is the first factsheet published just prior to the 2017 United Kingdom General Election assessing teacher retention in England.;This briefing was written by Zoe Des Clayes of the National Foundation for Educational Research in...
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