Education Endowment Foundation

💡Making your Pupil Premium funding purposeful — not just reactive.

Check out the new blog from Hampshire Research School for a clear, evidence-informed guide on planning, delivery and monitoring.

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Turning research into real classroom change through our Evidence into Action partnerships.

These collaborations connect schools, Research Schools, and local leaders to apply evidence where it’s needed most.

Explore the new partnerships

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🧮 How can schools make sure manipulatives are used consistently and purposefully in maths?

Joanne from St Peter’s Primary shares how her school’s CLEAR approach helps teachers use manipulatives as a bridge from concrete to abstract learning.

Read it here 👉 tinyurl.com/mryd7evy

Secondary schools: help shape new research on GCSE maths tier entry!

We’re exploring how predicted grades 4–5 influence foundation vs. higher tier choices.

Take our survey 👇
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Co-funded by XTX Markets.

🧠 Our updated metacognition and self-regulation guide is here!

@corinnesettle.bsky.social shares how teachers can help pupils plan, monitor, and evaluate their learning, drawing on our evidence-informed recommendations.

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🧠 Metacognitive strategies
💬 Promoting metacognitive talk
🧩 Scaffolding pupils’ metacognitive thinking
Find them on the guidance page!


Discover the refreshed guidance and start embedding evidence-based approaches in your classroom today:
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You’ll find updated examples and tools, explainer boxes addressing common misconceptions, and practical strategies to help pupils plan, monitor, and evaluate their learning.

Alongside the guidance, we’ve published three new classroom tools to support implementation:
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🤔 Why the update?

Our original 2018 report was based on a conceptual review.

This refreshed version draws on a systematic evidence review, ensuring it reflects the most up-to-date and robust global research.
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✨ What’s new?

The new edition builds on evidence from 355 studies, strengthening both the rigour and classroom relevance of our recommendations.

✨ Core messages remain
💬 Stronger focus on metacognitive talk
🧩 Fresh examples, tools, and classroom strategies
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🧠 Today we’ve launched our updated guidance on metacognition and self-regulated learning — one of our most popular and practical resources.

Explore what’s new ⬇️

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🚨 Want to shape how we understand “what works” in education?

We're inviting applications for:

1️⃣ Innovative methods (Methodological Dev. Grant)
2️⃣ Big data insights (Archive Research Projects)

Apply now 🔗 tinyurl.com/rcxtxz9j

🔢 Counters, cubes, and cuisenaire rods — they’re everywhere in primary maths. But are we using them effectively?

Luke Rhodes shares how focused professional development helped teachers use manipulatives to reveal mathematical structures and boost pupils’ understanding.

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Pupil Premium in practice: Using the EEF guide to support… Using the EEF Guide to Support Disadvantaged Pupils

📣 New blog alert!

Want to get the most from Pupil Premium? Check out this deep dive on our updated guide, from diagnosing needs to delivering changes that stick.

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✏️ Building writing fluency starts with strong transcription skills.

In this new blog from Chloe Butlin, see how a simple sentence dictation routine can help pupils master handwriting and spelling, freeing them to focus on ideas.

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🎶 It’s #WorldNurseryRhymeWeek!

Early years specialist Lauren Grocott shares why “I hear thunder…” and other rhymes aren’t just songs — they’re tools for building language, literacy, maths, and self-regulation.

Read her blog: tinyurl.com/3s3dftw9

📯 Our latest funding round is closing soon! We're supporting and evaluating programmes in priority areas, including:

🔹 Teacher recruitment & retention
🔹 Research evidence use

⏰ Closes 5 Nov 2025.
Details & forms 👉 tinyurl.com/5n6fzbru

Teacher recruitment: Schools should offer ‘concrete’ incentives to get better job advert response - Headteacher Update Research from the EEF reveals the employment incentives that make teachers more likely to respond to school job adverts

'Concrete' recruitment incentives including childcare subsidies, flexible working commitments, healthcare & increased PPA time make #teachers more likely to respond to #school job advertisements. Useful findings from @theeef.bsky.social & @teachertapp.bsky.social buff.ly/igRDT7i

Teacher workload: reducing workload is one of the most effective ways to improve retention.

Flexible working: flexible working options are valued by teachers and encourage wellbeing and job satisfaction.

Leadership and culture: supportive school leaders who build trust, value staff, and encourage autonomy can make a major difference.

Financial incentives and benefits: competitive pay, clear benefits, and fair working conditions attract teachers.

💡England faces a teacher recruitment and retention crisis — especially in disadvantaged schools.

Our new summary gives an overview of the evidence in four areas: workload, flexibility, leadership, & incentives.

Read more 👇
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Study highlights additional challenges disadvantaged schools face in… New package of research and resources on recruitment and retention

📊 New research on how to recruit & retain more teachers:

💷 Why disadvantaged schools face extra challenges
🕘 How a 9-day fortnight could boost teacher wellbeing
🏫 Can more off-site work improve trust & productivity?

Explore our findings 👉 educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/challen...

Teachers seek 13% more pay to work in the most disadvantaged schools Increasing salaries is the most effective way to improve teacher recruitment, according to EEF research looking at what schools can offer to attract staff

Secondary teachers would need a salary 13% higher on average to consider applying for jobs in the most disadvantaged schools, @theeef.bsky.social research suggests

Maths Champions - scale-up | EEF Scale-up of a professional development programme which builds the knowledge of nursery practitioners to support children’s early mathematical development.

Find out more about taking part today

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@NDNAtalk@blueskysocial's Maths Champions is back!

🎉 Fully funded professional development for nursery settings to boost early maths learning.

✔️ No cost for eligible nurseries in England
✔️ Evidence shows extra three months progress in maths and language for young children

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🏫If you're a secondary school leader, consider taking part in new research study with @natcen.bsky.social.

💸 By taking part in a survey, you'll help to shape the evidence base for understanding postive learning environments and will receive a Love2Shop voucher.

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💭 Could your staff spot your school’s Pupil Premium story without the name attached?

In his latest blog, John Rodgers of @rsncornwall.bsky.social explores how schools can speak compellingly about disadvantage — by deeply knowing their pupils, families, and communities.

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Secondary schools in England — we need your input! 📊

Take part in @nferclassroom.bsky.social's new study on how homework & support affect maths outcomes.

🎁 £200 prize draw for participants
📚 £20 book voucher for first 200 respondents

Take part 👇
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🚨 Invitation to tender!

The EEF is funding a review of how early years educators support children’s language and communication.

We’d love to hear from research teams with experience in using mixed-methods or qualitative approaches.

Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/62a4xdsn

📯 Apply now for our latest funding round — supporting and evaluating programmes in:

🔹 16–19 education
🔹 Early years
🔹 Teacher recruitment & retention
🔹 Research evidence use

⏰ Closes 5 Nov 2025.
Details & forms 👉 tinyurl.com/5n6fzbru

🔍 A clear vision isn’t just 'nice to have' — it shapes everything from priorities to impact.

In Greenshaw Research School's latest blog, Phil Stock dives into how a strong statement of intent can guide consistency, decision‑making, and progress across a school.

💬 Read: tinyurl.com/y4t5pdub

💭 Who helps school leaders turn research into action?

@hmadgwick.bsky.social explores what new survey findings tell us about how teachers and leaders engage with research evidence — and the crucial role of those who help bridge the gap between evidence and practice.

Read: https://eef.li/aPFKrF

FE & sixth form colleges: are you looking to support GCSE resits?

Last few places for Get Further’s Tuition Programme—small-group, weekly English & maths tuition for resit learners.

✔️ Targeted support
✔️ Confidence-building
✔️ Reduced cost for participating colleges

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