Education Endowment Foundation

📢 Practitioners in Scotland 👋

We’re strengthening evidence use in Scottish schools to improve outcomes for children and young people impacted by poverty.

Got a few minutes? Your insight can help shape practical resources for educators across Scotland 👇

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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

📊 Calling research teams! Apply to evaluate the scale‑up of Maths Champions — a programme supporting early years practitioners to strengthen maths skills. We’re commissioning an impact evaluation using administrative data & quasi‑experimental design.

Apply by: 13 Feb 👉 tinyurl.com/3su6atwv

📘 New 16–19 PD blogs from our Evidence Partner Colleges:

• Middlesbrough – PD in daily practice
• TRC – 4 Ts: Time, Trust, Tools, Tracking
• Exeter – KEEP framework
• New City – metacognition for resits
• ELLG – CPD systems
• Truro & Penwith – PD & wellbeing

Read now: tinyurl.com/yj9w5scx

We believe the best way to improve teaching and learning is to make sure that the education sector has trustworthy and actionable information about how to boost outcomes.

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How well you do at school shouldn’t be determined by how much your parents earn.

That’s why we work to transform education outcomes for the children and young people who need it most.

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Wanted! Secondary schools for three new research trials - SecEd Secondary schools can join three new EEF-funded trials testing adventure learning and mental health programmes

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

Wanted! Primary schools for three new research trials - Headteacher Update Primary schools can join three new EEF trials on reading, science teaching and offsite PPA.

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’re funding ready-to-evaluate programmes that support children & young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

🔹 Early years: pre-Reception maths
🔹 16–19: vocational & technical education

Deadline: 11am, Wed 11 March 2026
🎓 Free applicant webinars in Feb

Apply: tinyurl.com/mr7c6928

PALS-UK - third trial | EEF Trial to test the impact of Peer Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS-UK), a 20-week, whole class structured paired reading intervention to improve reading…

PALS-UK is also an EEF Promising Programme, having shown positive impact on attainment in previous independent trials.

🗓 Sign-up by: 18 May 2026
📍 Regions: North West, South West, West Midlands (England)

👉 Register your interest: tinyurl.com/bdds8x58

Emma Vardy

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📚 Primary schools: PALS-UK reading trial — sign up now!

We’re recruiting primary schools with Year 5 pupils to take part in the EEF-funded PALS-UK third trial — a structured paired reading programme designed to improve reading fluency & comprehension.

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🏞️ Adventure learning builds more than skills—it can support resilience, teamwork and confidence.

Year nine pupils can experience this through our new trials of the Adventure and Challenge Programme or the Inspire to Achieve Programme

Search your school to find out more: tinyurl.com/3wtsp5f9

How to use pupils’ feedback to make your teaching more effective:

- If many pupils misunderstand, pause and fix.

- If some pupils are unsure, adapt your support.

- If most understand, ask for reasoning and connect ideas.

Corinne Settle's blog explores further: tinyurl.com/mvnje826

Weekly Showcase: PALS-UK! 📚Want to improve Year 5 reading fluency and comprehension? Join this @theeef.bsky.social trial for just £75/teacher!
Benefits:
✨ High-quality staff CPD
✨ Contribute to vital education research
✨ Evidence-based literacy support
NE schools apply now!⬇️

Educators — we’d love your feedback 👋

We’re planning a rebuild of our website and want to hear from both regular users and those new to EEF.

📝 Take our short survey and help shape our future support: tinyurl.com/ktnxce88

⏳ Deadline: 20 Feb 2026

Thanks for sharing your views!

Webinar: Effective Facilitation and Managing Cognitive Load A free session on Making Your PD Delivery Impactful

Join tomorrow’s practical session to help deepen your understanding of what makes professional development delivery effective - with a particular focus on the role of facilitation & how to manage participant cognitive load. researchschool.org.uk/greenshaw/ev...

🧠 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

Impact of offsite Planning, Preparation and Assessment (PPA) on teacher retention This project evaluates the effects of primary school teachers taking Planning, Preparation and Assessment (PPA) time away from the school site on teacher retention, job satisfaction and wellbeing.

What if teachers could work from home?

We’re launching a trial to find out whether having the option to complete PPA offsite makes a difference to teacher retention and wellbeing.

Register your interest here: https://office.pulse.ly/9gj6qcjebc

@theeef.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

🎯 Sometimes the best leadership isn’t about more change, but better continuity — supporting daily practice, protecting teacher autonomy, and valuing what already works.

Read the blog and explore our guidance on effective professional development and implementation: tinyurl.com/2n8wnfzd

We welcome this investment in professional development.

We know leaders want more support to increase inclusion, so it's good to see this help will be available across a range of roles & phases.

It's vital we make the most of this support by ensuring all training is high-quality & evidence-led.

What if school policy gave teachers the opportunity to complete Planning, Preparation and Assessment (PPA) time when offsite - would it improve teacher retention?

This EEF project w/ collegeofteaching.bsky.social seeks participant schools! Info: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects-and...

New research report - Tracking Attainment Without a Counterfactual – Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Meta-method Review

The @theeef.bsky.social have today published our review of seven studies that tracked pupil attainment during and after Covid-19, including recommendations for future research during wide-spread prolonged educational disruptions.

Find out more 👉 bit.ly/49WUpVm

Metacognition works — but only when pupils are taught how to use it independently.

Modelling alone isn’t enough. Pupils need to understand how, when, and why strategies support learning as @kirstinmul.bsky.social's blog explains: ow.ly/atmi50XVBkB

Where do your pupils need explicit support?

1️⃣ Are you a leader in a state primary school?
2️⃣ Does your school usually expect teachers to stay onsite during their PPA time?

We're recruiting for an exciting trial exploring the impact of offsite PPA.

Register your interest: https://office.pulse.ly/nc88rg5b4v

@theeef.bsky.social

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 👇
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