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Are you a maths teacher or leader in an English school? 📐

We're running a short survey on how maths is taught, planned and adapted — and we’d love your insight.

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Scaling educational programmes without losing impact | EEF New ImpactEd guidance to help education organisations scale sustainably while preserving impact

🔹 Understand your commercial model
🔹 Build recurring partnerships
🔹 Lead with purpose-driven communications
🔹 Use technology to enable growth

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#EdTech #EdScaling #Education

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📢 Apply now: EEF - UKRI Fellowship 2025.

Apply to carry out research focusing on how to best translate and use existing evidence around interventions to support children with SEND.

Learn more and apply: eef.li/Jzbqmz

We're proud to join a new global initiative to make education evidence more accessible, actionable & impactful. 📚🌍

We’ve signed a Statement of Intent to support a synthesis-ready evidence repository—led by @3ieimpact.org and the Jacobs Foundation.

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#EducationEvidence

.@EducEndowFoundn has new guidance to support effective professional development in the 16–19 sector.

PD is one of the most powerful tools we have to improve learner outcomes, close the disadvantage gap, & strengthen workforce development.

READ NOW: buff.ly/PAe10pd

Why teaching academic vocabulary matters A new school year begins, full of old routines and new challenges. It is only natural to seek out novel ideas to start the year afresh, but we should be wary they are not at the expense of long-held p...

💡 "The vocabulary is more rare, the sentence structures more complex, the patterns of imagery more elaborately constructed."

'Why teaching academic vocabulary matters'

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🚀 New blog from @kirstenmould.bsky.social introduces our guidance on Effective Professional Development in 16–19 settings.

See how the KEEP Framework + evidence-informed tools can help PD leads create lasting impact.

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#FE #EEFCPD #ProfessionalDevelopment

4️⃣ Whether you’re leading whole-school strategy or working at a departmental level, this guide helps you make confident, evidence-informed decisions.

💡Spend smarter. Act with impact. Make a lasting difference.
👉 Explore the free guide today: tinyurl.com/bdw6u73b

Getting Reading Fluency Right ‘Ro-man soc…i-e-ty… The army tried to con…q…u…er new lands for their v…ast Em-p-i…re.’ It is all-too common to hear arduous attempts at reading aloud in classrooms. Particularly with younger pupi...

*** 'Getting reading fluency right' ***

"Listening to good reading fluency roles models is necessary but it is insufficient to see pupils develop their fluency. It is crucial that pupils themselves practise reading aloud."

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📢 New EEF Guide to the Pupil Premium

💡 Practical, step-by-step framework
📘 Evidence you can trust
🍎 Tiered approach: teaching, support and wider strategies

Make sure every pound of funding makes a difference.

🔗Check out @kirstenmould.bsky.social's blog:
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The new EEF guide to the Pupil Premium has just been published.
Join us on 15 October for a FREE online briefing to find out more.
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We’re running a free Leaders’ Briefing on the @theeef.bsky.social NEW Pupil Premium guide (online 15th Oct 15:45-16:45). Sign up: forms.gle/tHDkT9ZAHqSM...

Calling school leaders, SENCOs, pastoral teams, and anyone involved in planning and delivering provision for disadvantaged pupils - our upcoming CPD programme begins on 10th June: researchschool.org.uk/devon/event/...

Exploring the Feasibility of Teacher-Led Micro-RCTs for Educational… This feasibility study explores whether an online platform enabling teacher-led micro-RCTs can serve as an effective evaluation tool for EEF’s Teacher…

Primary schools: Have you ever thought about conducting your own randomised control trials? The @theeef.bsky.social are looking for KS1 and KS2 classes to join a brand new study. Find out more: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects-and...

Calling school leaders, SENCOs, pastoral teams, and anyone involved in planning and delivering provision for disadvantaged pupils - our upcoming CPD programme begins on 10th June: researchschool.org.uk/devon/event/...

GUEST BLOG: From Compliance to Commitment: Building a Staff… ACE Tiverton's approach to professional development

NEW blog from Hannah Smart at ACE Tiverton: building a school culture for effective professional development: researchschool.org.uk/devon/news/g...

Join us for some brand new CPD with @marcrowland73.bsky.social

Multi-academy trusts can get support from the EEF to embed… Opportunity for MATs to take part in bespoke and collaborative projects

“We’re looking for 4 MATs to take part in bespoke, collaborative projects in the 2025 – 26 academic year. These partnerships will centre on supporting trusts to implement practical, scalable changes in primary science and/​or secondary literacy.”

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Join us for a comprehensive professional development programme designed to tackle the root causes and consequences of educational disadvantage with Marc Rowland.
Runs from June - December. Find out more: researchschool.org.uk/kingsbridge/...

Are you thinking of a career in teaching?
Find out more about SWIFT Teacher Training, our route into teaching, courses and PGCE at our online information event.
Tuesday 6 May 16.00-16.30 online.
Sign up here: buff.ly/WNv6z4U

Mathematics Mastery - subsidised programme | EEF A scale up of a whole-school subject improvement programme by Ark Curriculum Plus aiming to deepen pupils’ conceptual understanding of key mathematical…

Mathematics Mastery Primary is a subject improvement programme with a demonstrated positive impact on maths attainment. Schools are offered bespoke support to build subject expertise and confidence. Take part at a subsidised rate by expressing your interest here!

Join us for a comprehensive professional development programme designed to tackle the root causes and consequences of educational disadvantage with Marc Rowland.
Runs from June - December. Find out more: researchschool.org.uk/kingsbridge/...

Careers at the EEF Find out about our current vacancies, what to expect from the application process, and what working at the EEF is like.

Two great roles being advertised at the EEF right now: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/about-us/car... Regional Delivery Lead (West Midlands) - this is the equivalent role to mine but just for the West Mids, and Senior Early Years Evidence Mobilisation Manager.

Launching this week 26 MARCH 2025: the latest edition of @theeef.bsky.social (EEF) guidance on effective deployment on teaching assistants (TAs). The update to this popular resource will focus on five clear and actionable recommendations to help schools to deploy their TAs effectively.

Launching soon: the latest edition of @theeef.bsky.social guidance on effective deployment on teaching assistants (TAs).

The update to this popular resource will focus on five clear and actionable recommendations to help schools to deploy their TAs effectively.

We welcomed a delegation of school leaders, teachers and academics to KCC this week. An invaluable opportunity to showcase how English schools leverage research evidence to inform decisions on leadership, curriculum design and pedagogy.
@theeef.bsky.social @educationsouthwest.bsky.social

📢 Register today! Making Best Use of Teaching Assistants @theeef.bsky.social We are hosting a hybrid programme for Senior Leaders, T&L Leads, SENDcos and HTLAs @blueschoolwells.bsky.social

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🌟 Today's the day!

We’re delighted to open recruitment for 11 brand new programmes for schools, focusing on our priority themes of writing and secondary maths.

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Professor Jonathan Sharples, Professorial Research Fellow at the EEF introduces a new animation resource.
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Download the new guidance report: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
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