Research School Network: News & Blogs

Shaping school culture

Culture is bigger than organisational structure and is not the decisions taken, but more a philosophy that shapes the thinking

Polysemy in the classroom

Identifying the differences between the academic language that pupils encounter at the end of primary and the start of secondary

Case study: The Faster Read programme at Scalby School

Can fast reading novels improve pupils' comprehension?

Whole Class Feedback: a primary case study

Using whole class feedback to reduce staff workload and help students achieve next steps

Improving Mathematics in the Early Years: blog 3

Improving Mathematics in the Early Years: blog 2

Improving Mathematics in the Early Years: blog 1

Each blog comes with an accompanying ‘parent handout’ that you may find useful to use with families.

Linguistic Challenges of the Transition

Selecting the most 'sciencey' words

With so many words to teach how can we carefully select the most meaningful for detailed instruction?

The Vital Importance of Early Maths

The EEF's ‘Improving Mathematics in Early Years and Key Stage One’ offers principles for effective practice for 3-7 year olds

The crucial role of phase context

Over three blogs we look at contextual considerations for literacy, behaviour and knowledge retention at primary and secondary

What is literacy?

Because of the size and complexity of literacy we need to attend carefully to what aspects are most relevant for our setting