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Kirsten Mould @kirstenmould.bsky.social · Sep 11

Check out all the quick links and school leader voices captured in this new guide to pupil premium. Hope it’s helpful.

Education Endowment Foundation @theeef.bsky.social · Sep 11

📢 New EEF Guide to the Pupil Premium

💡 Practical, step-by-step framework
📘 Evidence you can trust
🍎 Tiered approach: teaching, support and wider strategies

Make sure every pound of funding makes a difference.

🔗Check out @kirstenmould.bsky.social's blog:
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Kirsten Mould @kirstenmould.bsky.social · Sep 10

👀NEW👀 @theeef.bsky.social Guide to the Pupil Premium. Hope the resource is helpful for colleagues planning for those pupils and families who need it most. educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/using-pupil-...

The EEF Guide to the Pupil Premium

The EEF is an independent charity dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement.

educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk

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Education Endowment Foundation @theeef.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨 Join our team!

We’re currently looking for a content development officer.

If you’re passionate about improving outcomes through evidence, we’d love to hear from you.

Find out what it’s like to work for us and a range of FAQ, via our careers site:

Careers at the EEF | EEF

Find out about our current vacancies, what to expect from the application process, and what working at the EEF is like.

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Kirsten Mould @kirstenmould.bsky.social · Jun 29

Things are poppy-tastic right now!

Kirsten Mould @kirstenmould.bsky.social · Jun 25

‘A key challenge for us in deploying TAs effectively is ensuring they are fully prepared for their role within each lesson so that the teacher and TA form an effective teaching team.’ @theeef.bsky.social educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/ensure-...

How can we ensure Teaching Assistant preparedness

Ensuring Teaching Assistant preparedness through structured collaboration, clear roles, and evidence-informed strategies

educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk

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Education Endowment Foundation @theeef.bsky.social · Jun 5

🗣️@corinnesettle.bsky.social, our teaching and learning specialist introduces our dedicated webpage packed full of support when considering pupils with SEND.

Read the blog: https://tinyurl.com/38tf8eha

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Education Endowment Foundation @theeef.bsky.social · Jun 17

📹 “The videos offer practitioner insight into the EEF’s evidence-based recommendations, and translate these into tangible, relatable classroom scenarios.”

Rosie Good, our content development officer, introduces a new collection of @rs_network Clips from the Classroom.

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Education Endowment Foundation @theeef.bsky.social · Jun 18

📹 Chloe Butlin, our literacy specialist introduces the latest literacy instalments to the Research School Network's Clips from the Classroom.

Find out more: tinyurl.com/2s4hc77n

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Kirsten Mould @kirstenmould.bsky.social · May 11

‘Scaffolds should be temporary. Scaffolds should be targeted to the area of need of the pupil.’ @sendmattersuk.bsky.social educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/the-tea...

The Teaching Assistant role and SEND: three approaches to maximise…

Maximising the role of teaching assistants

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Kirsten Mould @kirstenmould.bsky.social · May 5

If you know you know…gardeners of #bluesky #shropshire #frost

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Kirsten Mould @kirstenmould.bsky.social · Apr 6

Feeling spring-tastic! #shropshire #longmynd

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Kirsten Mould @kirstenmould.bsky.social · Mar 26

NEW guidance…Thinking of the fabulous TA teams I have worked with and their contributions to high quality teaching and inclusive learning environments today. @theeef.bsky.social educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...

Deployment of Teaching Assistants

Guidance on deploying TAs to boost attainment for pupils with evidence-based strategies and best practice.

educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk

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Kirsten Mould @kirstenmould.bsky.social · Mar 20

Today is World Frog Day. Who knew?! Well, my pond is pretty excited about it! #shropshire

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Alex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social · Mar 20

If you work in general FE or a 6th form college, there's an exciting opportunity to join a new evidence partnership with the @theeef.bsky.social.

Join this exciting work to support evidence use in 16 to 19 settings.

Find out more here:

educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/eef-ope...

EEF opens applications for new evidence partnership for the 16-19…

Charity calls on general FE and sixth form colleges to apply for funded opportunity

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Anna Kirk @annalouise90.bsky.social · Mar 19

The @theeef.bsky.social are looking for general FE & sixth form colleges to join a two-year funded partnership focused on supporting colleges to access, understand, & apply research evidence within teaching & learning.

Apply below before the 25th April:
tinyurl.com/2c5ukhe7

Evidence partnership for further education

Building a network of colleges

tinyurl.com

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Kirsten Mould @kirstenmould.bsky.social · Mar 9

It’s a tadpole-wiggling kind of sunny day! ☀️🐸☀️

Kirsten Mould @kirstenmould.bsky.social · Mar 5

Great to talk learning behaviours with the brilliant Hannah Heron and @derbyresearchsch.bsky.social

derbyresearchsch.bsky.social @derbyresearchsch.bsky.social · Mar 4

New Podcast Alert! 🎧

Dan is joined by Kirsten Hannah from the @theeef.bsky.social to dive into the crucial topic of Monitoring and Evaluation on Learning Behaviours Implementation. 📊

Don’t miss out on this insightful conversation! 🎧

🔗https://tinyurl.com/3vhh9s38

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Kirsten Mould @kirstenmould.bsky.social · Feb 26

Is teaching an art or a science? New @theeef.bsky.social podcast - first of a 3-parter!
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/new-eef...

New EEF podcast: Is teaching an art or a science?

The EEF is an independent charity dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement.

educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk

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Education Endowment Foundation @theeef.bsky.social · Feb 13

🙌Happy School Governors' Awareness Day!

School governors play a vital role in improving outcomes for all pupils.

Our Pupil Premium resources include discussion prompts for governors, providing talking points and examples of best practice.

Download: tinyurl.com/4mh24udf

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Kirsten Mould @kirstenmould.bsky.social · Feb 22

It’s that time! Spring is coming…🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸

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Alex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social · Feb 8

Are you interested in finding out about new research & resources? Do you want to have your say in national issues, practical solutions, & testing out cutting-edge, new resources?

The EEF Exchange might be for you!

Find out more here:

educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/networks/eef...

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Kirsten Mould @kirstenmould.bsky.social · Feb 5

The only way to display Hellebores. You’re welcome! 🌸

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Kirsten Mould @kirstenmould.bsky.social · Feb 5

👀 Rekenreks, rods, counters and cubes,
Straws, small toys, pegs and paper tubes,
Bead strings, building blocks, dice and dienes,
Numicon, number lines, buttons and dried beans.
With @gracecoker27.bsky.social

Education Endowment Foundation @theeef.bsky.social · Feb 5

💠“Manipulatives can be used in many ways to develop children’s mathematical understanding.”

@gracecoker27.bsky.social, our maths specialist, shares five ways to use manipulates.

Read more: eef.li/kbNaF8

Five ways manipulatives can be used to develop mathematical…

Multi-purpose manipulatives!

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Kirsten Mould @kirstenmould.bsky.social · Jan 28

And @derbyresearchsch.bsky.social !

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Chris Runeckles @chrisruneckles.bsky.social · Jan 24

Your #EduWeeklyRoundUp in a week there's been a ton of useful stuff coming out for schools. #BOTW to @innerdrive.bsky.social plus loads more on subjects including maths, attendance, school improvement and student motivation:
classteaching.wordpress.com/2025/01/24/w...

Weekly Round-Up: 24 January 2024

Blog of the Week Inner Drive – Teaching Unpacked: What do great teachers see? Only a short blog and not on a new study, but very interesting nonetheless. I’m always thinking about teach…

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