Bradford Research School

The Metacognition Lab: Explorations in student thinking for English… The EEF is an independent charity dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement.

How can evidence informed practice drive progress in the post-16 resit classroom?
Fiona Matthews, Group Curriculum Director for English at New City College, shares their approach.
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Improving Education Outcomes for Romani, Irish Traveller and Roma Children. Supporting Romani, Irish Traveller and Roma children to feel safe, valued, known, and educators to feel confident, informed and connected.

Improving Education Outcomes for Romani, Irish Traveller and Roma Children
Join this DfE funded conference in Leeds on March 24 to share ideas, learn from community members and school staff, and take away resources to support effective implementation.
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Research evidence can vary in its quality and reliability. The CLAIMS framework can be helpful in identifying red flag warning signs.

Available in the EEF's Using Research Evidence: A Concise Guide educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...

We love some of the work that @tgresearchsch.bsky.social have sharded on disciplinary literacy. This series will be great!

Our latest newsletter is out on Friday. We share the latest evidence, events and opportunities.
You can sign up to receive it every half term.
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Recruiting and Retaining Teachers: Four Evidence-Informed Priorities… Evidence-informed insights on teacher recruitment and retention, looking at workload, flexibility, culture and benefits.

What actually helps schools recruit and retain teachers?
Our blog summares evidence on:
• Teacher workload
• Flexible working
• Leadership, culture & climate
• Financial incentives & benefits researchschool.org.uk/bradford/new...

Our threads up until now have focused on strategies to deploy before reading - we now shift our attention to the ‘during reading’ phase, beginning with 4A - Read with fluency and provide opportunities for pupils to practise theirs. ⬇️

We're excited to join our colleagues at @huntingtonrs.bsky.social and Red Kite Connect for this virtual conference.
In our session we explore three relationships that can help us to build belonging: relationship with self, with others and with the curriculum.
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New initiatives are everywhere in schools, but many don’t last.
In this blog, we explore why implementation fails (and what leaders can do differently). researchschool.org.uk/bradford/new...

Improving Literacy in Secondary Schools
This guidance report aims to help secondary schools improve literacy in all subject areas. educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...

Closing the gap through great teaching, not more interventions from @Somersetrs.bsky.social
"If we want to make a lasting difference, improving the quality of everyday classroom teaching must be the priority." researchschool.org.uk/somerset/new...

Fill | RISE Universal Offer: Yorkshire and Humber White 'working class' boys panel discussion

Outcomes for white working-class boys remain a priority across Yorkshire & the Humber. Our panels will explore what the evidence says, what schools are doing, and how to implement approaches that stick.
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Recruiting and Retaining Teachers: Four Evidence-Informed Priorities… Evidence-informed insights on teacher recruitment and retention, looking at workload, flexibility, culture and benefits.

What actually helps schools recruit and retain teachers?
New blog summarising evidence on:
• Teacher workload
• Flexible working
• Leadership, culture & climate
• Financial incentives & benefits
researchschool.org.uk/bradford/new...

Recruiting and Retaining Teachers: Four Evidence-Informed Priorities… Evidence-informed insights on teacher recruitment and retention, looking at workload, flexibility, culture and benefits.

Recruiting and Retaining Teachers: Four Evidence-Informed Priorities for School Leaders

In the first of a new series, we summarise key messages for leaders from the @theeef.bsky.social Recruiting, Retaining, and Supporting Teachers evidence summary.
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Getting value from externally commissioned PD How to support professional development providers to deliver impactful one-off PD

NEW: Getting value from externally commissioned professional development
If you commission one-off PD, what can help providers get it right?

@markmillerteach.bsky.social explores how clearer problem definition and context shape impact.
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📹 Have you seen Clips from the Classroom?
🗓️ Every week we spotlight a clip of a school putting evidence into practice

This week @mancomrs.bsky.social explore building reading fluency in the secondary classroom

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Take part in a new EEF-funded project

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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Making the most of one-off professional development sessions When professional development is one-off, what impact is realistically possible?

NEW: Making the most of one-off professional development sessions
When professional development is one-off, what impact is realistically possible?

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From Visibility to Authentic Representation
Developing an Inclusive Classroom for All
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Making the most of one-off professional development sessions When professional development is one-off, what impact is realistically possible?

NEW: Making the most of one-off professional development sessions
When professional development is one-off, what impact is realistically possible?

@markmillerteach.bsky.social explores the limitations and possibilities.
researchschool.org.uk/bradford/new...

Improving Secondary Science Seven recommendations for improving science in secondary schools

Discover the EEF’s Improving Secondary Science guidance

7 evidence-based recommendations to strengthen science teaching at KS3 & KS4. Practical strategies for addressing misconceptions, vocabulary, memory, feedback & more:
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Embedding new teaching techniques takes more than explanation alone.

Rehearsal helps reduce the knowing-doing gap and supports confident implementation.

Read more in our blog on effective professional development:
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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.

How can teachers use feedback to adapt teaching and improve learning?
@corinnesettle.bsky.social, @theeef.bsky.social teaching and learning specialist, with a new blog on adaptive teaching.
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Evidence Advocates Join our network of Evidence Advocates

We’re recruiting Evidence Advocates to join our cross-phase network, a supportive professional community with opportunities to develop and share evidence-informed practice

Deadline: Friday 30 January, 4pm
Details: researchschool.org.uk/bradford/abo...

Effective Professional Development: Providing Feedback

Unpacking recommendation 8 from the @theeef.bsky.social guidance report - how can our feedback improve professional development?
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Effective Professional Development: Modelling the technique

Unpacking recommendation 8 from the @theeef.bsky.social guidance report - the how, what and when of modelling teaching techniques
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How SENCOs, Teachers, and Teaching Assistants can bring metacognition… Strong teacher–TA partnerships help turn evidence into practice and improve learning for every pupil.

How SENCOs, Teachers, and Teaching Assistants can bring metacognition to life in every classroom

Strong teacher – TA partnerships help turn evidence into practice and improve learning for every pupil.

Read the @theeef.bsky.social blog: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/sencos-...

Effective Professional Development: Arranging practical social support

Unpacking recommendation 7 from the @theeef.bsky.social guidance report - how peer support can be a powerful factor in personal and professional development
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Deployment and Dialogue: Engaging Teaching Assistants to Improve… Engaging teaching assistants in the deployment of teaching assistants

Deployment and Dialogue: Engaging Teaching Assistants to Improve Practice

How leaders can provide meaningful opportunities for TAs to discuss their perspectives, ideas, and concerns. researchschool.org.uk/bradford/new...