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Staffordshire Research School @staffordshirers.bsky.social · 7d

We loved attending and speaking at the Midlands Education Leaders event focussing on Improving Education, Reducing Inequality Event!

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Staffordshire Research School @staffordshirers.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thank you to everyone who joined us today for an amazing session with Juliet Stafford, Amy Sandilands and Sharon Leftwich-Lloyd from @EtoneCollege college re: Disciplinary Literacy!

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Staffordshire Research School @staffordshirers.bsky.social · Jun 12

Another busy week:
- The final Evidence Exploration Workshop with leaders in Warwick
- Governor twilight: evaluating Pupil Premium Strategies
- Implementation twilight discussing the 3rd recommendation
- Planning for a 2 year Evidence into Action partnership with @StBartsTrust

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Staffordshire Research School @staffordshirers.bsky.social · Jun 12

🌟NEW BLOG 🌟

Want to ensure that Teaching Assistants are deployed effectively for maximum impact?

Have you read the updated @EducEndowFoundn guidance report?

Read this new blog for a summary of the new guidance and a link to the full report.

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Enhancing Learning through Effective TA Support: Insights from the…

Enhancing Learning through Effective TA Support: Insights from the New TA Guidance Report

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Staffordshire Research School @staffordshirers.bsky.social · Jun 12

Calling all evidence informed, Early Years colleagues. 📢

Have you seen this exciting opportunity to work as an Early Years Evidence Advocate for the @EducEndowFoundn ?

Click on the link for further information and the application form.

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New funded opportunity for early years professionals to champion…

Apply to play a vital role in connecting research to day-to-day early years practice.

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Staffordshire Research School @staffordshirers.bsky.social · Jun 4

Wanting to make impactful changes in your school?

Join us on the 11th June to learn all about recommendation 3 of the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) Implementation Guidance Report.

Secure your free ticket today 👇

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Staffordshire Research School @staffordshirers.bsky.social · Jun 4

Calling all Governors: Join us on Tuesday 10th June 2025 for our final Pupil Premium session of the year.

The Governor twilight will focus on Evaluating you Pupil Premium Strategy.

Secure your place today 👇

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Staffordshire Research School @staffordshirers.bsky.social · May 5

🌟New Podcast 🎙️- Reading Curriculum comprehension strategies.
Amy Sandilands from @EtoneCollege discusses how they used the EEF pilot study in the Geography department and beyond.
Learn all about Teacher and Pupil Curriculum Comprehension strategies:

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

🎧 In the second episode of a new three-part series, our podcast continues discussions on whether teaching is an art rather than a science, including how research evidence fits into this. (1/2)

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

🌟 Launching tomorrow!

Tomorrow, Thursday 6th March, we're launching a brand-new resource to support early years settings to make the most of their Early Years Pupil Premium funding.

Stay tuned as we prepare to publish the resource.

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · Mar 27

Is your school making the most of its TAs? Emily Yeomans explains what the newly updated @theeef.bsky.social guidance says about deploying teaching assistants for maximum impact

3 common mistakes schools make with teaching assistants

With the Education Endowment Foundation releasing updated guidance on schools' use of TAs, co-CEO Emily Yeomans explains how to avoid the common pitfalls

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ImpactEd Group @impactedgroup.bsky.social · Mar 27

CoachBright & @theeef.bsky.social Research Trial

Are you looking to boost maths skills, confidence, and attendance among your students? Join CoachBright's exciting EEF-funded research trial for 2025/2026.

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Education Endowment Foundation @theeef.bsky.social · Apr 22

📣 Calling all educators!

We’re looking for passionate people like you to share your insights and experiences as part of our community of educators, the EEF Exchange.

Help make sure our work stays relevant and grounded in the real world. 

Apply: ow.ly/UtL450VCmn5

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Staffordshire Research School @staffordshirers.bsky.social · May 3

It was our final workshop of the @StBartsTrust Evidence Exploration Partnership this week.

Together we created our theory of change & have identified the behaviour change activities needed to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children.

Staffordshire Research School @staffordshirers.bsky.social · Mar 16

Interesting survey looking at school readiness for Reception pupils. There is a big gulf between parent and educator perceptions. shorturl.at/COCWV

Want to support your families with school readiness? Download this useful resource- startingreception.co.uk/about/#instr...

Starting Reception | About

Our ‘Starting Reception’ definition sets out the personal, social, emotional and physical skills that most children will develop by the time they start school.

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Staffordshire Research School @staffordshirers.bsky.social · Mar 12

Today we delivered Workshop 2 of our Evidence Exploration Partnership in Warwick.

The focus of the day was examining local data to build consensus around the priority for the partnership.

We also discussed the importance of promoting equity & challenging unconscious bias.

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Staffordshire Research School @staffordshirers.bsky.social · Mar 12

Such a great day with colleagues from the Netherlands sharing their experiences of research engagement in their contexts. Some great presentations from a number of research schools too!

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Blackpool Research School @blackpoolrs.bsky.social · Feb 28

NEW: FROM THE ARCHIVES

This year we take a weekly dip into the archives to revisit blogs from the past.

This week, @staffordshirers.bsky.social discuss the importance of empathy, and how to 'meet parents halfway'.

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Staffordshire Research School @staffordshirers.bsky.social · Feb 19

✨NEW BLOG ✨

'I Can't do maths....yet!'

Guest blogger, Neil Randall from @EtoneCollege, discusses how to minimise gaps in recall so that it does not impact on future learning.

He shares some great ideas for a smooth transition to Secondary School.

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I can’t do Maths…yet!

How to minimise gaps in mathematical recall impacting on future learning.

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Staffordshire Research School @staffordshirers.bsky.social · Feb 17

We were very honoured to deliver a presentation for the Welsh Government

We shared the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) SEND guidance report recommendations at their Additional Learning Needs Conference.

It was great to hear from a range of speakers sharing excellent practice.

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SecEd @seced.bsky.social · Feb 12

SecEd Podcast: This episode asks what it means to be a research-informed school & how to engage with #research to improve #teaching. Great advice from our panel: @thatpovertyguy.bsky.social @mattbromley.bsky.social @jonesedu.bsky.social @staffordshirers.bsky.social https://buff.ly/4jF43iv #teachers

The SecEd Podcast: Research-informed schools (and teaching) - SecEd

This podcast episode asks what a research-informed school looks like and how we can use research to improve teaching

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Jo Goodman @j0goodman.bsky.social · Feb 10

Today we’ve facilitated our 3rd workshop with leaders from St Bart’s MAT for their Evidence Exploration Partnership. The focus for the session was to examine additional data analysis & determine the priority for the partnership.

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SecEd @seced.bsky.social · Feb 11

SecEd Podcast: This episode asks what it means to be a research-informed school & how to engage with #research to improve #teaching. Great advice from our panel: @thatpovertyguy.bsky.social @mattbromley.bsky.social @jonesedu.bsky.social @staffordshirers.bsky.social https://buff.ly/4jF43iv

The SecEd Podcast: Research-informed schools (and teaching) - SecEd

This podcast episode asks what a research-informed school looks like and how we can use research to improve teaching

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Mrs Tremble @mrs-tremble.bsky.social · Jan 31

What a great way to spend a Wednesday, with literacy leads from across Worcester. Day 1 of leading literacy ✅. Loved being a part of it a facilitating today and the opportunities brought about by being an ELE with @staffordshirers.bsky.social

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