Research School Network: What does it mean to take part in an EEF trial? How one school implemented an EEF subsidised programme to support their Year 7 pupils’ literacy

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What does it mean to take part in an EEF trial?

How one school implemented an EEF subsidised programme to support their Year 7 pupils’ literacy

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Switch-on Reading


As part of the Department for Education’s Accelerator Fund, the Education Endowment Foundation are supporting programmes that have positively impacted pupil outcomes in previous EEF trials to reach more pupils. As part of this, the EEF made Switch-on Reading available to secondary schools across England at a heavily subsidised rate.

Tom Colquhoun (Director), Becky Andrews (Reading Lead) and Tara Mulvey (Teaching Assistant) from The Blue School in Somerset tell the EEF about their school’s experience of implementing the Switch-on Reading programme.

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Improving Literacy in Secondary Schools, EEF Guidance Report

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