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🚨 Join our 16-19 team!

We’re currently looking for a Senior Programme Manager.

If you’re passionate about improving outcomes through evidence, we’d love to hear from you by 22 February.

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You make decisions every day about what works. Help shape the evidence behind them.

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💡 How do you know if pupils really understand a new concept?

Our new resource helps teachers notice understanding in the moment and give targeted, effective feedback to support every pupil’s learning.

Download the editable template and make every lesson count.

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🎧 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

Schools White Paper: all you need to know Tes has gathered all of the key information from the Labour government’s first schools White Paper

What does the White Paper mean for schools? Tes has gathered all of the key information you need to know

14 new research projects to test approaches in schools, early years,… New projects launching as part of the EEF’s work to build the evidence base on what works

🚨 New research alert!
The Education Endowment Foundation has launched 14 new projects to test what works in schools, early years & colleges—focused on supporting disadvantaged learners.

Get involved 👉 educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/new-res...

Every child achieving and thriving, calls for an #InclusiveMainstream. 🏫✨
Literacy is the foundation of that goal. Join us & @nicolacherry.bsky.social for a webinar to explore EEF-backed strategies that support every child to thrive.
🗓️ Tuesday 10th March | 4:00pm - 4:45pm
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Every teacher is a teacher of literacy! 📚

Today we kick off a 6-week series exploring the @theeef.bsky.social "Literacy in Secondary Schools" guidance.

Our goal: Helping schools bridge the gap between research evidence and classroom practice.

1/6 #EduSky #Literacy #EvidenceInformed

Help us shape the future of the EEF website We are currently in the process of redesigning the EEF website (https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk) to make it easier for you to access the evidence and resources you need to support your…

Last chance to shape the future of the EEF website

@theeef.bsky.social are redesigning their website so that it works better for the people who use it and would like your feedback.

The survey closes on 20 February, so this is your chance to have your say before it’s too late.

Grammar isn’t about naming terms — it’s a shared language for improving writing ✍️

Focus on:
• Adverbials for cohesion
• Nominalisation for academic tone
• Subordinating conjunctions for complex ideas

Discover more with @greenshawrs.bsky.social

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Reading fluency isn’t just speed — it’s accuracy, expression & understanding 📚✨
Our resources:
1️⃣ The Reading House– model & diagnostic tool
2️⃣ Fluency tools – glossary, misconceptions & Readers’ Theatre
3️⃣ Guidance KS1–2 – repeated reading, prosody & word knowledge

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Sign up for our free webinar series: Deepening Understanding Through Disciplinary Talk Across the Curriculum, where we explore how to teach students to talk, think, and argue like subject experts.

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Completing the Virtuous Circle: Oral language across the curriculum. In our latest blog, Sally Edwards and Tom Pole explore how we can help students move beyond generic ‘good talk’ towards the kind of oral language that reflects how experts in our subjects actually think and reason.
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Our latest newsletter is out 🥳

Read the latest news, blogs and events from Tudor Grange and the wider Research schools Network.

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Something very exciting is kicking off this week

The Winter Olympics? ⛷️
The Six Nations? 🏉

Good guesses, but not what I had in mind! I’m talking about something even more exciting…

We’re launching our Disciplinary Talk Series, and we can’t wait.

Thursday @ 3.30

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How to use visual, verbal, and written scaffolding to support pupils'… Practical ways to help pupils build independence through explicit teaching and careful scaffolding

In this blog, How to use visual, verbal, and written scaffolding to support pupils’ use of metacognitive strategies, Kirstin Mulholland explores practical ways to help pupils build independence through explicit teaching and careful scaffolding.

As we step into a new year, now is a great opportunity to take charge of your development.

Sign up for our FREE CPD 😁

Starting on 5 Feb, this four part series explores how can we teach students to talk, think, and argue like subject experts?

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Adaptive teaching in practice: using feedback to check understanding Practical classroom examples showing how teachers decide what to do next to move learning forward, lesson by lesson.

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

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The most read blogs on our website during 2025

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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!

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Which is your favourite?

Feedback: The engine room of adaptive teaching What happens when teachers act on what pupils show them — and use those moments to shape learning as it happens?

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.

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#EEF #Adaptiveteaching

A clear and consistent approach to effective manipulative use How can a school achieve consistency for effective manipulative use?

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.

Supporting school attendance The EEF is an independent charity dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement.

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 👉

Education Nature Park Empowering children and young people to make a positive difference to both their own and nature’s future..

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

‘I hear thunder’: using the power of nursery rhymes to boost… How can nursery rhymes support children’s learning and development?

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?

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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.

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Mobilising mathematical manipulatives through purposeful professional… How can professional development be the key to effective manipulative use?

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.

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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.

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