…prefer all schools to be comprehensive should welcome these measures. Indeed, it is crucial that the grammars go further if they are going to play a stronger role in supporting…
Writing about ‘my day at the zoo’ can help a child’s literacy
The results of an Education Endowment Foundation writing trial linked to memorable experiences were covered by Richard Garner in the Independent. A school trip to the zoo could help a…
Pupils who can’t read properly by 11 destined for lives of underachievement
Richard Garner, writing for the Independent, discusses the findings of a new Education Endowment Foundation report on reading at the transition. Thousands of pupils who fail to read properly by…
Phonics not the best way of helping older readers, study finds
Findings from the Education Endowment Foundation show that a single approach to catch up literacy is “highly unlikely” to help struggling pupils, writes Helen Ward for the TES. Secondary schools…
Pupils struggling with reading need early intervention, not a three-month summer school
…in seven) did not achieve the minimum expected level on national assessments for reading by the end of primary school (Level 4). If these pupils perform in a similar way…
Decline in advice and guidance at school
The provision of advice and guidance for teenagers at school has plummeted over the last 12 years suggests a major survey commissioned by the Sutton Trust. The decline comes despite…