Education Endowment Foundation
@theeef.bsky.social
Supporting schools, colleges, and early years settings to make a difference with evidence.
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Secondary schools: build evidence on pupil wellbeing!
Join our trial of Place2Be's Learning Together for Mental Health.
A whole-school approach using restorative practice + pupil–staff action groups, evaluated by Ipsos in the UK, Anna Freud
👉 tinyurl.com/hh2ac4xf
Join our trial of Place2Be's Learning Together for Mental Health.
A whole-school approach using restorative practice + pupil–staff action groups, evaluated by Ipsos in the UK, Anna Freud
👉 tinyurl.com/hh2ac4xf
February 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Secondary schools: build evidence on pupil wellbeing!
Join our trial of Place2Be's Learning Together for Mental Health.
A whole-school approach using restorative practice + pupil–staff action groups, evaluated by Ipsos in the UK, Anna Freud
👉 tinyurl.com/hh2ac4xf
Join our trial of Place2Be's Learning Together for Mental Health.
A whole-school approach using restorative practice + pupil–staff action groups, evaluated by Ipsos in the UK, Anna Freud
👉 tinyurl.com/hh2ac4xf
Reading fluency isn’t just speed — it’s accuracy, expression & understanding 📚✨
Our resources:
1️⃣ The Reading House– model & diagnostic tool
2️⃣ Fluency tools – glossary, misconceptions & Readers’ Theatre
3️⃣ Guidance KS1–2 – repeated reading, prosody & word knowledge
🔗 ow.ly/NFnm50Yc7Gs
Our resources:
1️⃣ The Reading House– model & diagnostic tool
2️⃣ Fluency tools – glossary, misconceptions & Readers’ Theatre
3️⃣ Guidance KS1–2 – repeated reading, prosody & word knowledge
🔗 ow.ly/NFnm50Yc7Gs
February 12, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Reading fluency isn’t just speed — it’s accuracy, expression & understanding 📚✨
Our resources:
1️⃣ The Reading House– model & diagnostic tool
2️⃣ Fluency tools – glossary, misconceptions & Readers’ Theatre
3️⃣ Guidance KS1–2 – repeated reading, prosody & word knowledge
🔗 ow.ly/NFnm50Yc7Gs
Our resources:
1️⃣ The Reading House– model & diagnostic tool
2️⃣ Fluency tools – glossary, misconceptions & Readers’ Theatre
3️⃣ Guidance KS1–2 – repeated reading, prosody & word knowledge
🔗 ow.ly/NFnm50Yc7Gs
Grammar isn’t about naming terms — it’s a shared language for improving writing ✍️
Focus on:
• Adverbials for cohesion
• Nominalisation for academic tone
• Subordinating conjunctions for complex ideas
Discover more with @greenshawrs.bsky.social
👉 tinyurl.com/5azeza46
Focus on:
• Adverbials for cohesion
• Nominalisation for academic tone
• Subordinating conjunctions for complex ideas
Discover more with @greenshawrs.bsky.social
👉 tinyurl.com/5azeza46
February 11, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Grammar isn’t about naming terms — it’s a shared language for improving writing ✍️
Focus on:
• Adverbials for cohesion
• Nominalisation for academic tone
• Subordinating conjunctions for complex ideas
Discover more with @greenshawrs.bsky.social
👉 tinyurl.com/5azeza46
Focus on:
• Adverbials for cohesion
• Nominalisation for academic tone
• Subordinating conjunctions for complex ideas
Discover more with @greenshawrs.bsky.social
👉 tinyurl.com/5azeza46
🚀 Educators in Scotland: Become a Research Evidence Champion!
Help make research evidence relevant, accessible & actionable in Scottish schools. Shape resources, model practice & support the Evidence Hub.
Apply: 10 Feb – 2 Mar 2026
Info webinar: 18 Feb, 4pm
👉 Apply now: tinyurl.com/bdhwdd5e
Help make research evidence relevant, accessible & actionable in Scottish schools. Shape resources, model practice & support the Evidence Hub.
Apply: 10 Feb – 2 Mar 2026
Info webinar: 18 Feb, 4pm
👉 Apply now: tinyurl.com/bdhwdd5e
February 10, 2026 at 2:41 PM
🚀 Educators in Scotland: Become a Research Evidence Champion!
Help make research evidence relevant, accessible & actionable in Scottish schools. Shape resources, model practice & support the Evidence Hub.
Apply: 10 Feb – 2 Mar 2026
Info webinar: 18 Feb, 4pm
👉 Apply now: tinyurl.com/bdhwdd5e
Help make research evidence relevant, accessible & actionable in Scottish schools. Shape resources, model practice & support the Evidence Hub.
Apply: 10 Feb – 2 Mar 2026
Info webinar: 18 Feb, 4pm
👉 Apply now: tinyurl.com/bdhwdd5e
Early years settings: strengthen maths practice 🔢
Join Maths Champions from @ndnatalk.bsky.social — fully funded by the DfE.
Children in participating settings made 3 months’ extra progress in maths & language on average.
Open to PVIs, maintained, & school nurseries.
👉 tinyurl.com/4xcc7n8r
Join Maths Champions from @ndnatalk.bsky.social — fully funded by the DfE.
Children in participating settings made 3 months’ extra progress in maths & language on average.
Open to PVIs, maintained, & school nurseries.
👉 tinyurl.com/4xcc7n8r
February 9, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Early years settings: strengthen maths practice 🔢
Join Maths Champions from @ndnatalk.bsky.social — fully funded by the DfE.
Children in participating settings made 3 months’ extra progress in maths & language on average.
Open to PVIs, maintained, & school nurseries.
👉 tinyurl.com/4xcc7n8r
Join Maths Champions from @ndnatalk.bsky.social — fully funded by the DfE.
Children in participating settings made 3 months’ extra progress in maths & language on average.
Open to PVIs, maintained, & school nurseries.
👉 tinyurl.com/4xcc7n8r
Primary schools 📣
@cttr-ucl.bsky.social & Chartered College of Teaching (funded by EEF) are running a School Choices evaluation — a school-level trial testing whether offsite PPA improves wellbeing, job satisfaction and retention.
Help shape evidence on teacher retention.
tinyurl.com/3wtsp5f9
@cttr-ucl.bsky.social & Chartered College of Teaching (funded by EEF) are running a School Choices evaluation — a school-level trial testing whether offsite PPA improves wellbeing, job satisfaction and retention.
Help shape evidence on teacher retention.
tinyurl.com/3wtsp5f9
February 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Primary schools 📣
@cttr-ucl.bsky.social & Chartered College of Teaching (funded by EEF) are running a School Choices evaluation — a school-level trial testing whether offsite PPA improves wellbeing, job satisfaction and retention.
Help shape evidence on teacher retention.
tinyurl.com/3wtsp5f9
@cttr-ucl.bsky.social & Chartered College of Teaching (funded by EEF) are running a School Choices evaluation — a school-level trial testing whether offsite PPA improves wellbeing, job satisfaction and retention.
Help shape evidence on teacher retention.
tinyurl.com/3wtsp5f9
📚 Early vocabulary matters!
Use explicit and implicit teaching, keep it joyful and engaging, and give children repeated, meaningful encounters with new words. These practices support early language development and can help children make the most of learning opportunities.
tinyurl.com/3uv3p8xf
Use explicit and implicit teaching, keep it joyful and engaging, and give children repeated, meaningful encounters with new words. These practices support early language development and can help children make the most of learning opportunities.
tinyurl.com/3uv3p8xf
February 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM
📚 Early vocabulary matters!
Use explicit and implicit teaching, keep it joyful and engaging, and give children repeated, meaningful encounters with new words. These practices support early language development and can help children make the most of learning opportunities.
tinyurl.com/3uv3p8xf
Use explicit and implicit teaching, keep it joyful and engaging, and give children repeated, meaningful encounters with new words. These practices support early language development and can help children make the most of learning opportunities.
tinyurl.com/3uv3p8xf
🏠 Our Reading House has been refreshed — with a stronger emphasis on practice.
With classroom insights, videos and practical tools to support effective reading instruction.
#NationalStorytellingWeek reminds of the role of language and comprehension in reading.
Read more: tinyurl.com/nhh8wbbm
With classroom insights, videos and practical tools to support effective reading instruction.
#NationalStorytellingWeek reminds of the role of language and comprehension in reading.
Read more: tinyurl.com/nhh8wbbm
February 4, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🏠 Our Reading House has been refreshed — with a stronger emphasis on practice.
With classroom insights, videos and practical tools to support effective reading instruction.
#NationalStorytellingWeek reminds of the role of language and comprehension in reading.
Read more: tinyurl.com/nhh8wbbm
With classroom insights, videos and practical tools to support effective reading instruction.
#NationalStorytellingWeek reminds of the role of language and comprehension in reading.
Read more: tinyurl.com/nhh8wbbm
📢 Practitioners in Scotland 👋
We’re strengthening evidence use in Scottish schools to improve outcomes for children and young people impacted by poverty.
Got a few minutes? Your insight can help shape practical resources for educators across Scotland 👇
forms.office.com/e/q...
We’re strengthening evidence use in Scottish schools to improve outcomes for children and young people impacted by poverty.
Got a few minutes? Your insight can help shape practical resources for educators across Scotland 👇
forms.office.com/e/q...
February 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
📢 Practitioners in Scotland 👋
We’re strengthening evidence use in Scottish schools to improve outcomes for children and young people impacted by poverty.
Got a few minutes? Your insight can help shape practical resources for educators across Scotland 👇
forms.office.com/e/q...
We’re strengthening evidence use in Scottish schools to improve outcomes for children and young people impacted by poverty.
Got a few minutes? Your insight can help shape practical resources for educators across Scotland 👇
forms.office.com/e/q...
Teachers — want real-time insight into student understanding? Try hinge questions.
A hinge question is a multiple-choice question asked at a key moment in a lesson to check whether pupils are ready to move on.
A simple but powerful formative assessment tool.
Read more: tinyurl.com/ad8mcyzj
A hinge question is a multiple-choice question asked at a key moment in a lesson to check whether pupils are ready to move on.
A simple but powerful formative assessment tool.
Read more: tinyurl.com/ad8mcyzj
February 2, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Teachers — want real-time insight into student understanding? Try hinge questions.
A hinge question is a multiple-choice question asked at a key moment in a lesson to check whether pupils are ready to move on.
A simple but powerful formative assessment tool.
Read more: tinyurl.com/ad8mcyzj
A hinge question is a multiple-choice question asked at a key moment in a lesson to check whether pupils are ready to move on.
A simple but powerful formative assessment tool.
Read more: tinyurl.com/ad8mcyzj
📊 Calling research teams! Apply to evaluate the scale‑up of Maths Champions — a programme supporting early years practitioners to strengthen maths skills. We’re commissioning an impact evaluation using administrative data & quasi‑experimental design.
Apply by: 13 Feb 👉 tinyurl.com/3su6atwv
Apply by: 13 Feb 👉 tinyurl.com/3su6atwv
January 30, 2026 at 10:00 AM
📊 Calling research teams! Apply to evaluate the scale‑up of Maths Champions — a programme supporting early years practitioners to strengthen maths skills. We’re commissioning an impact evaluation using administrative data & quasi‑experimental design.
Apply by: 13 Feb 👉 tinyurl.com/3su6atwv
Apply by: 13 Feb 👉 tinyurl.com/3su6atwv
📘 New 16–19 PD blogs from our Evidence Partner Colleges:
• Middlesbrough – PD in daily practice
• TRC – 4 Ts: Time, Trust, Tools, Tracking
• Exeter – KEEP framework
• New City – metacognition for resits
• ELLG – CPD systems
• Truro & Penwith – PD & wellbeing
Read now: tinyurl.com/yj9w5scx
• Middlesbrough – PD in daily practice
• TRC – 4 Ts: Time, Trust, Tools, Tracking
• Exeter – KEEP framework
• New City – metacognition for resits
• ELLG – CPD systems
• Truro & Penwith – PD & wellbeing
Read now: tinyurl.com/yj9w5scx
January 29, 2026 at 5:26 PM
📘 New 16–19 PD blogs from our Evidence Partner Colleges:
• Middlesbrough – PD in daily practice
• TRC – 4 Ts: Time, Trust, Tools, Tracking
• Exeter – KEEP framework
• New City – metacognition for resits
• ELLG – CPD systems
• Truro & Penwith – PD & wellbeing
Read now: tinyurl.com/yj9w5scx
• Middlesbrough – PD in daily practice
• TRC – 4 Ts: Time, Trust, Tools, Tracking
• Exeter – KEEP framework
• New City – metacognition for resits
• ELLG – CPD systems
• Truro & Penwith – PD & wellbeing
Read now: tinyurl.com/yj9w5scx
How well you do at school shouldn’t be determined by how much your parents earn.
That’s why we work to transform education outcomes for the children and young people who need it most.
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That’s why we work to transform education outcomes for the children and young people who need it most.
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January 28, 2026 at 6:05 PM
How well you do at school shouldn’t be determined by how much your parents earn.
That’s why we work to transform education outcomes for the children and young people who need it most.
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That’s why we work to transform education outcomes for the children and young people who need it most.
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Reposted by Education Endowment Foundation
Secondary #schools can apply to join 3 new @theeef.bsky.social funded trials testing adventure learning, restorative practices & #wellbeing programmes. Low‑cost places available with deadlines in late May. Details here. buff.ly/w5mWNLx #EEF #mentalhealth #teachers
Wanted! Secondary schools for three new research trials - SecEd
Secondary schools can join three new EEF-funded trials testing adventure learning and mental health programmes
buff.ly
January 27, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Secondary #schools can apply to join 3 new @theeef.bsky.social funded trials testing adventure learning, restorative practices & #wellbeing programmes. Low‑cost places available with deadlines in late May. Details here. buff.ly/w5mWNLx #EEF #mentalhealth #teachers
Reposted by Education Endowment Foundation
Primary #schools are invited to join 3 new @theeef.bsky.social funded trials, including peer-tutoring for reading, retrieval practice in science & offsite PPA. Free or low‑cost places available with deadlines from April. Details here: buff.ly/XHRxDds #EEF #education
Wanted! Primary schools for three new research trials - Headteacher Update
Primary schools can join three new EEF trials on reading, science teaching and offsite PPA.
buff.ly
January 27, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Primary #schools are invited to join 3 new @theeef.bsky.social funded trials, including peer-tutoring for reading, retrieval practice in science & offsite PPA. Free or low‑cost places available with deadlines from April. Details here: buff.ly/XHRxDds #EEF #education
We’re funding ready-to-evaluate programmes that support children & young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
🔹 Early years: pre-Reception maths
🔹 16–19: vocational & technical education
Deadline: 11am, Wed 11 March 2026
🎓 Free applicant webinars in Feb
Apply: tinyurl.com/mr7c6928
🔹 Early years: pre-Reception maths
🔹 16–19: vocational & technical education
Deadline: 11am, Wed 11 March 2026
🎓 Free applicant webinars in Feb
Apply: tinyurl.com/mr7c6928
January 27, 2026 at 10:21 AM
We’re funding ready-to-evaluate programmes that support children & young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
🔹 Early years: pre-Reception maths
🔹 16–19: vocational & technical education
Deadline: 11am, Wed 11 March 2026
🎓 Free applicant webinars in Feb
Apply: tinyurl.com/mr7c6928
🔹 Early years: pre-Reception maths
🔹 16–19: vocational & technical education
Deadline: 11am, Wed 11 March 2026
🎓 Free applicant webinars in Feb
Apply: tinyurl.com/mr7c6928
📚 Primary schools: PALS-UK reading trial — sign up now!
We’re recruiting primary schools with Year 5 pupils to take part in the EEF-funded PALS-UK third trial — a structured paired reading programme designed to improve reading fluency & comprehension.
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We’re recruiting primary schools with Year 5 pupils to take part in the EEF-funded PALS-UK third trial — a structured paired reading programme designed to improve reading fluency & comprehension.
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January 26, 2026 at 10:00 AM
📚 Primary schools: PALS-UK reading trial — sign up now!
We’re recruiting primary schools with Year 5 pupils to take part in the EEF-funded PALS-UK third trial — a structured paired reading programme designed to improve reading fluency & comprehension.
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We’re recruiting primary schools with Year 5 pupils to take part in the EEF-funded PALS-UK third trial — a structured paired reading programme designed to improve reading fluency & comprehension.
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🏞️ Adventure learning builds more than skills—it can support resilience, teamwork and confidence.
Year nine pupils can experience this through our new trials of the Adventure and Challenge Programme or the Inspire to Achieve Programme
Search your school to find out more: tinyurl.com/3wtsp5f9
Year nine pupils can experience this through our new trials of the Adventure and Challenge Programme or the Inspire to Achieve Programme
Search your school to find out more: tinyurl.com/3wtsp5f9
January 23, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🏞️ Adventure learning builds more than skills—it can support resilience, teamwork and confidence.
Year nine pupils can experience this through our new trials of the Adventure and Challenge Programme or the Inspire to Achieve Programme
Search your school to find out more: tinyurl.com/3wtsp5f9
Year nine pupils can experience this through our new trials of the Adventure and Challenge Programme or the Inspire to Achieve Programme
Search your school to find out more: tinyurl.com/3wtsp5f9
How to use pupils’ feedback to make your teaching more effective:
- If many pupils misunderstand, pause and fix.
- If some pupils are unsure, adapt your support.
- If most understand, ask for reasoning and connect ideas.
Corinne Settle's blog explores further: tinyurl.com/mvnje826
- If many pupils misunderstand, pause and fix.
- If some pupils are unsure, adapt your support.
- If most understand, ask for reasoning and connect ideas.
Corinne Settle's blog explores further: tinyurl.com/mvnje826
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 AM
How to use pupils’ feedback to make your teaching more effective:
- If many pupils misunderstand, pause and fix.
- If some pupils are unsure, adapt your support.
- If most understand, ask for reasoning and connect ideas.
Corinne Settle's blog explores further: tinyurl.com/mvnje826
- If many pupils misunderstand, pause and fix.
- If some pupils are unsure, adapt your support.
- If most understand, ask for reasoning and connect ideas.
Corinne Settle's blog explores further: tinyurl.com/mvnje826
Reposted by Education Endowment Foundation
Weekly Showcase: PALS-UK! 📚Want to improve Year 5 reading fluency and comprehension? Join this @theeef.bsky.social trial for just £75/teacher!
Benefits:
✨ High-quality staff CPD
✨ Contribute to vital education research
✨ Evidence-based literacy support
NE schools apply now!⬇️
Benefits:
✨ High-quality staff CPD
✨ Contribute to vital education research
✨ Evidence-based literacy support
NE schools apply now!⬇️
January 21, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Weekly Showcase: PALS-UK! 📚Want to improve Year 5 reading fluency and comprehension? Join this @theeef.bsky.social trial for just £75/teacher!
Benefits:
✨ High-quality staff CPD
✨ Contribute to vital education research
✨ Evidence-based literacy support
NE schools apply now!⬇️
Benefits:
✨ High-quality staff CPD
✨ Contribute to vital education research
✨ Evidence-based literacy support
NE schools apply now!⬇️
Educators — we’d love your feedback 👋
We’re planning a rebuild of our website and want to hear from both regular users and those new to EEF.
📝 Take our short survey and help shape our future support: tinyurl.com/ktnxce88
⏳ Deadline: 20 Feb 2026
Thanks for sharing your views!
We’re planning a rebuild of our website and want to hear from both regular users and those new to EEF.
📝 Take our short survey and help shape our future support: tinyurl.com/ktnxce88
⏳ Deadline: 20 Feb 2026
Thanks for sharing your views!
January 20, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Educators — we’d love your feedback 👋
We’re planning a rebuild of our website and want to hear from both regular users and those new to EEF.
📝 Take our short survey and help shape our future support: tinyurl.com/ktnxce88
⏳ Deadline: 20 Feb 2026
Thanks for sharing your views!
We’re planning a rebuild of our website and want to hear from both regular users and those new to EEF.
📝 Take our short survey and help shape our future support: tinyurl.com/ktnxce88
⏳ Deadline: 20 Feb 2026
Thanks for sharing your views!
Reposted by Education Endowment Foundation
Join tomorrow’s practical session to help deepen your understanding of what makes professional development delivery effective - with a particular focus on the role of facilitation & how to manage participant cognitive load. researchschool.org.uk/greenshaw/ev...
Webinar: Effective Facilitation and Managing Cognitive Load
A free session on Making Your PD Delivery Impactful
researchschool.org.uk
January 20, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Join tomorrow’s practical session to help deepen your understanding of what makes professional development delivery effective - with a particular focus on the role of facilitation & how to manage participant cognitive load. researchschool.org.uk/greenshaw/ev...
🧠 New tools to support metacognition
We’ve released 3 practical tools to help teachers and leaders develop pupils as independent learners, alongside our metacognition and self-regulated learning guidance.
👉 tinyurl.com/4db4cjna
We’ve released 3 practical tools to help teachers and leaders develop pupils as independent learners, alongside our metacognition and self-regulated learning guidance.
👉 tinyurl.com/4db4cjna
January 20, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🧠 New tools to support metacognition
We’ve released 3 practical tools to help teachers and leaders develop pupils as independent learners, alongside our metacognition and self-regulated learning guidance.
👉 tinyurl.com/4db4cjna
We’ve released 3 practical tools to help teachers and leaders develop pupils as independent learners, alongside our metacognition and self-regulated learning guidance.
👉 tinyurl.com/4db4cjna
Reposted by Education Endowment Foundation
What if teachers could work from home?
We’re launching a trial to find out whether having the option to complete PPA offsite makes a difference to teacher retention and wellbeing.
Register your interest here: https://office.pulse.ly/9gj6qcjebc
@theeef.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
We’re launching a trial to find out whether having the option to complete PPA offsite makes a difference to teacher retention and wellbeing.
Register your interest here: https://office.pulse.ly/9gj6qcjebc
@theeef.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
Impact of offsite Planning, Preparation and Assessment (PPA) on teacher retention
This project evaluates the effects of primary school teachers taking Planning, Preparation and Assessment (PPA) time away from the school site on teacher retention, job satisfaction and wellbeing.
ucl.pulse.ly
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 AM
What if teachers could work from home?
We’re launching a trial to find out whether having the option to complete PPA offsite makes a difference to teacher retention and wellbeing.
Register your interest here: https://office.pulse.ly/9gj6qcjebc
@theeef.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
We’re launching a trial to find out whether having the option to complete PPA offsite makes a difference to teacher retention and wellbeing.
Register your interest here: https://office.pulse.ly/9gj6qcjebc
@theeef.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
🎯 Sometimes the best leadership isn’t about more change, but better continuity — supporting daily practice, protecting teacher autonomy, and valuing what already works.
Read the blog and explore our guidance on effective professional development and implementation: tinyurl.com/2n8wnfzd
Read the blog and explore our guidance on effective professional development and implementation: tinyurl.com/2n8wnfzd
January 16, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🎯 Sometimes the best leadership isn’t about more change, but better continuity — supporting daily practice, protecting teacher autonomy, and valuing what already works.
Read the blog and explore our guidance on effective professional development and implementation: tinyurl.com/2n8wnfzd
Read the blog and explore our guidance on effective professional development and implementation: tinyurl.com/2n8wnfzd