Family & Education

Innovative tutoring programme helping to boost children’s literacy skills, analysis shows

An innovative tutoring programme which pairs university students with children is helping boost their literacy skills, new analysis shows. The...

Votes at 16 and national service policies both fail to impress voters, new study shows

Voters are unimpressed by Labour and Conservative policies announced to engage young people in politics and civic life, a new...

South West pupils are the poorest performers in the country on all measures of education disadvantage, report warns

Poorer children in the South West have the worst educational outcomes in the country - from their early years to...

Significant differences in multi academy trust performance highlights need for a new collaborative culture, new report shows

Significant divides between – and within – regions in the performance of multi academy trusts highlights the need for a...

Major new global partnership aims to transform the lives of students with disabilities

A new partnership between education experts in Indonesia and the UK could transform lives by changing perceptions of disability. Researchers...

New research from University of Exeter experts empowers schools to maximise impact of educational initiatives

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has updated its popular "A School's Guide to Implementation" with new research from experts at...

Strengthen school budgets and change accountability systems to solve the “SEN crisis”, experts urge

Strengthening school budgets and a different kind of accountability system would be a more effective way of solving serious SEN...