Evidence and resources
Flexible working approaches
Understanding the factors that support the recruitment and retention of teachers – flexible working approaches
Education Endowment Foundation:Evidence reviews
Evidence reviews
EEF commissioned literature reviews investigating specific areas of interest in depth.
The EEF commissions literature reviews to investigate specific areas of interest in greater depth. They give us a solid basis on which to begin our work of identifying, testing, and then scaling those approaches and programmes with the best chance of making a real and enduring difference.
Evidence and resources
Leadership approaches
Reviewing the evidence base on effective school leadership for teacher retention
Evidence and resources
Workload review
Understanding the factors that support the recruitment and retention of teachers – workload review
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Recruitment and retention in disadvantaged schools
Reviewing teacher recruitment & retention strategies from schools in socio-economically disadvantaged areas in England
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Teacher quality, recruitment and retention
Literature review on teacher quality in disadvantaged schools
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Post-16 GCSE Resit practice review
How post-16 settings are using evidence to support teaching and learning for maths and English resits.
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Early language
Identifies priorities for improving practice in the support of children with delays in early language development
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English as an additional language (EAL)
English as an Additional Language (EAL) and educational achievement in England
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Secondary literacy
Three evidence reviews, which informed our Improving Literacy in Secondary Schools guidance report
Evidence and resources
Literacy Development
Review providing an evidence base for decision-making during literacy education
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Reading programmes
Review of the experimental research on secondary reading programmes
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Writing programmes
Review of research on outcomes of writing programmes
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Post-16
Improving Level 2 English and maths outcomes for 16 to 18 year olds
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Reading at the transition
An introduction to evidence about struggling readers at the transition
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Foreign language learning and its impact on wider academic outcomes
Focusing on the evidence on the effects of Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) instruction on wider academic outcomes.
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Mathematics in Key Stages 2 and 3
Review of the evidence commissioned by the EEF to inform the Improving Mathematics in Key Stages 2 and 3 guidance report
Evidence and resources
Early years and Key Stage 1 mathematics teaching
Review of the evidence used to inform the Improving Mathematics in the Early Years and Key Stages 1 guidance report
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Mathematics in Key Stages 3 and 4
A systematic review synthesising the evidence on approaches to teaching maths in Key Stages 3 and 4.
Evidence and resources
Primary science teaching
Review of approaches to teaching primary science education, to identify which approaches are most effective.
Evidence and resources
Science
Review of the evidence commissioned by the EEF to inform the Improving Secondary Science guidance report
Evidence and resources
Evidence review on feedback approaches and educational attainment in children and young people
Feedback approaches and educational attainment in children and young people
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Written marking
Review of the evidence on written marking
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Attainment measures in literacy, mathematics and science
Review of attainment measures to identify and evaluate available measures in literacy, mathematics and science
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Metacognition and self-regulation
Review of the evidence commissioned by the EEF to inform the Metacognition and Self-regulated Learning guidance report
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Social and emotional learning
Review of the evidence used to inform the Social and Emotional Learning in Primary Schools guidance report
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Behaviour
Review of the evidence commissioned by the EEF to inform the Improving Behaviour in Schools guidance report
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Neuroscience and education
Review of educational interventions and approaches informed by neuroscience
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Cognitive science approaches in the classroom
Report summarising the evidence for cognitive science approaches in school settings
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Parental engagement
A review of international evidence regarding parent engagement in children’s learning
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Arts education
Review of the impact of arts education on the cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes of school-aged children
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Employer engagement in education
Review of the evidence on the most effective ways employers can support schools to improve pupil outcomes
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Careers education
Overview of the evidence-base underpinning careers education and its impact on pupils’ skills and outcomes
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Essential life skills
Summary of the existing evidence on how ​‘non-cognitive skills’ can be defined and measured
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Free school breakfast provision
Review summarising the effects of free school breakfast provision on pupils.
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Teaching Assistants
How the effective deployment of Teaching Assistants (TAs) can bolster schools’ attempts to close the attainment gap.
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Socioeconomic disadvantage and the attainment gap
Review of the relationship between socioeconomic disadvantage and the attainment gap in the English education system
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Implementation in education
How new approaches and strategies can be implemeted by school leaders to maximise the chances of success.
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Characteristics of Effective Teacher Professional Development
Review identifying the characteristics of more effective professional development
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Attendance interventions rapid evidence assessment
Rapid evidence assessment on attendance interventions for school-aged pupils
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Remote Professional development
Summary of the evidence on the efficacy of remote professional development (PD) approaches
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Teachers’ continuing professional development
Synthesis of findings on relevant features of current systems of quality assurance in education and other professions
Evidence and resources
Teacher professional development
The EEF is conducting a systematic review of professional development
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Digital technology (2019)
Review of the evidence commissioned used to inform the Using Digital Technology to Improve Learning guidance report
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Digital technology (2012)
Synthesis of the evidence about the impact of the use of digital technology in schools on children’s attainment
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Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
Review of the evidence used to inform the Special Educational Needs in Mainstream Schools guidance report
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Remote learning for pupils
To support and improve learning for students who are not able to attend classrooms.
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School closures rapid evidence assessment
Summary of the impact of school closures to give policymakers an indication of the likely size of the learning loss.