Education Endowment Foundation
@theeef.bsky.social
Supporting schools, colleges, and early years settings to make a difference with evidence.
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What should education research focus on next?
We’re asking people working in and with education to help shape our future research priorities.
Your experiences, challenges and questions can help us understand where further evidence could be most useful.
Closes 9 October 2026.
tinyurl.com/ypfhr9xm
We’re asking people working in and with education to help shape our future research priorities.
Your experiences, challenges and questions can help us understand where further evidence could be most useful.
Closes 9 October 2026.
tinyurl.com/ypfhr9xm
September 22, 2026 at 11:30 AM
What should education research focus on next?
We’re asking people working in and with education to help shape our future research priorities.
Your experiences, challenges and questions can help us understand where further evidence could be most useful.
Closes 9 October 2026.
tinyurl.com/ypfhr9xm
We’re asking people working in and with education to help shape our future research priorities.
Your experiences, challenges and questions can help us understand where further evidence could be most useful.
Closes 9 October 2026.
tinyurl.com/ypfhr9xm
Inclusive teaching starts with knowing your learners and responding to what they show you.
A pupil who needed scaffolding yesterday may be ready to work independently today.
Checking for understanding helps teachers decide what to do next.
buff.ly/SFkXLZE
A pupil who needed scaffolding yesterday may be ready to work independently today.
Checking for understanding helps teachers decide what to do next.
buff.ly/SFkXLZE
September 21, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Inclusive teaching starts with knowing your learners and responding to what they show you.
A pupil who needed scaffolding yesterday may be ready to work independently today.
Checking for understanding helps teachers decide what to do next.
buff.ly/SFkXLZE
A pupil who needed scaffolding yesterday may be ready to work independently today.
Checking for understanding helps teachers decide what to do next.
buff.ly/SFkXLZE
📣 Our Autumn 2026 funding round is open.
We’re looking to support pilot, efficacy and effectiveness trials of fully developed Reception programmes focused on:
🗣️ Language development
🔎 Identification and support
🏫 Reception leadership
📅 Apply by 11am, 2 November.
tinyurl.com/4w728p26
We’re looking to support pilot, efficacy and effectiveness trials of fully developed Reception programmes focused on:
🗣️ Language development
🔎 Identification and support
🏫 Reception leadership
📅 Apply by 11am, 2 November.
tinyurl.com/4w728p26
September 21, 2026 at 11:41 AM
📣 Our Autumn 2026 funding round is open.
We’re looking to support pilot, efficacy and effectiveness trials of fully developed Reception programmes focused on:
🗣️ Language development
🔎 Identification and support
🏫 Reception leadership
📅 Apply by 11am, 2 November.
tinyurl.com/4w728p26
We’re looking to support pilot, efficacy and effectiveness trials of fully developed Reception programmes focused on:
🗣️ Language development
🔎 Identification and support
🏫 Reception leadership
📅 Apply by 11am, 2 November.
tinyurl.com/4w728p26
Adaptive expertise is about knowing when and how to respond to what pupils are showing you.
Notice. Interpret. Respond. Review.
The goal is to remove barriers to learning while keeping expectations and ambition high.
Adaptive Expertise: tinyurl.com/yc4e2ezk
Notice. Interpret. Respond. Review.
The goal is to remove barriers to learning while keeping expectations and ambition high.
Adaptive Expertise: tinyurl.com/yc4e2ezk
September 14, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Adaptive expertise is about knowing when and how to respond to what pupils are showing you.
Notice. Interpret. Respond. Review.
The goal is to remove barriers to learning while keeping expectations and ambition high.
Adaptive Expertise: tinyurl.com/yc4e2ezk
Notice. Interpret. Respond. Review.
The goal is to remove barriers to learning while keeping expectations and ambition high.
Adaptive Expertise: tinyurl.com/yc4e2ezk
A Pupil Premium strategy isn’t a one-off exercise.
Our new monitoring and reflection resource can help you build regular opportunities to pause, reflect, and decide what to do next.
🔗 Explore: buff.ly/7mDGwRo
Our new monitoring and reflection resource can help you build regular opportunities to pause, reflect, and decide what to do next.
🔗 Explore: buff.ly/7mDGwRo
September 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM
A Pupil Premium strategy isn’t a one-off exercise.
Our new monitoring and reflection resource can help you build regular opportunities to pause, reflect, and decide what to do next.
🔗 Explore: buff.ly/7mDGwRo
Our new monitoring and reflection resource can help you build regular opportunities to pause, reflect, and decide what to do next.
🔗 Explore: buff.ly/7mDGwRo
Today is the launch of the 2025 @oecdstatistics.bsky.social PISA results, with the latest evidence on comparative international school performance.
Our CEO Professor Becky Francis is speaking at the launch event @ucl.ac.uk. To watch live from 11am, register now: buff.ly/2rtlceq
Our CEO Professor Becky Francis is speaking at the launch event @ucl.ac.uk. To watch live from 11am, register now: buff.ly/2rtlceq
September 8, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Today is the launch of the 2025 @oecdstatistics.bsky.social PISA results, with the latest evidence on comparative international school performance.
Our CEO Professor Becky Francis is speaking at the launch event @ucl.ac.uk. To watch live from 11am, register now: buff.ly/2rtlceq
Our CEO Professor Becky Francis is speaking at the launch event @ucl.ac.uk. To watch live from 11am, register now: buff.ly/2rtlceq
Reposted by Education Endowment Foundation
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Congratulations to all our teachers and leaders! We are international top 10 for reading, maths and science, and are bucking global trends of learning decline 👏
UK pupils rank highly in international reading, maths and science tests
But the Pisa test scores vary significantly between England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 8, 2026 at 8:15 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Congratulations to all our teachers and leaders! We are international top 10 for reading, maths and science, and are bucking global trends of learning decline 👏
Reposted by Education Endowment Foundation
I'm looking forward to speaking on this at the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social #PISA2025 launch event this morning.
September 8, 2026 at 8:19 AM
I'm looking forward to speaking on this at the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social #PISA2025 launch event this morning.
The EEF Guide to the Pupil Premium:
💡 Practical, step-by-step framework
🍎 Tiered approach: teaching, support and strategy
🔍 Reflection and monitoring tool
👩🏽🏫 Insights from school leaders
📘 Evidence you can trust
Help make sure your funding makes a difference. buff.ly/x6pt5rc
💡 Practical, step-by-step framework
🍎 Tiered approach: teaching, support and strategy
🔍 Reflection and monitoring tool
👩🏽🏫 Insights from school leaders
📘 Evidence you can trust
Help make sure your funding makes a difference. buff.ly/x6pt5rc
September 7, 2026 at 5:12 PM
The EEF Guide to the Pupil Premium:
💡 Practical, step-by-step framework
🍎 Tiered approach: teaching, support and strategy
🔍 Reflection and monitoring tool
👩🏽🏫 Insights from school leaders
📘 Evidence you can trust
Help make sure your funding makes a difference. buff.ly/x6pt5rc
💡 Practical, step-by-step framework
🍎 Tiered approach: teaching, support and strategy
🔍 Reflection and monitoring tool
👩🏽🏫 Insights from school leaders
📘 Evidence you can trust
Help make sure your funding makes a difference. buff.ly/x6pt5rc
Back to school?
Our practical resources for planning, teaching, and implementation can support you in the year ahead.
Explore resources by phase: buff.ly/n6whgeF
Our practical resources for planning, teaching, and implementation can support you in the year ahead.
Explore resources by phase: buff.ly/n6whgeF
September 2, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Back to school?
Our practical resources for planning, teaching, and implementation can support you in the year ahead.
Explore resources by phase: buff.ly/n6whgeF
Our practical resources for planning, teaching, and implementation can support you in the year ahead.
Explore resources by phase: buff.ly/n6whgeF
Improving feedback is one of three approaches with the strongest evidence base for developing independent learners in 16-19 education.
Our new resource explores the evidence and practical considerations for settings: buff.ly/Km9tZil
Our new resource explores the evidence and practical considerations for settings: buff.ly/Km9tZil
August 28, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Improving feedback is one of three approaches with the strongest evidence base for developing independent learners in 16-19 education.
Our new resource explores the evidence and practical considerations for settings: buff.ly/Km9tZil
Our new resource explores the evidence and practical considerations for settings: buff.ly/Km9tZil
Supporting metacognition and self-regulation is one of three approaches with the strongest evidence base identified in our new resource.
Explore the evidence, implementation considerations, and opportunities for 16-19 settings: buff.ly/Km9tZil
Explore the evidence, implementation considerations, and opportunities for 16-19 settings: buff.ly/Km9tZil
August 27, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Supporting metacognition and self-regulation is one of three approaches with the strongest evidence base identified in our new resource.
Explore the evidence, implementation considerations, and opportunities for 16-19 settings: buff.ly/Km9tZil
Explore the evidence, implementation considerations, and opportunities for 16-19 settings: buff.ly/Km9tZil
How can colleges develop independent learners?
We’ve identified three promising approaches from the evidence base:
- Supporting metacognition
- Improving feedback
- Encouraging collaborative learning
Explore our new guide for 16-19: tinyurl.com/3r9rpha7
We’ve identified three promising approaches from the evidence base:
- Supporting metacognition
- Improving feedback
- Encouraging collaborative learning
Explore our new guide for 16-19: tinyurl.com/3r9rpha7
August 26, 2026 at 8:39 AM
How can colleges develop independent learners?
We’ve identified three promising approaches from the evidence base:
- Supporting metacognition
- Improving feedback
- Encouraging collaborative learning
Explore our new guide for 16-19: tinyurl.com/3r9rpha7
We’ve identified three promising approaches from the evidence base:
- Supporting metacognition
- Improving feedback
- Encouraging collaborative learning
Explore our new guide for 16-19: tinyurl.com/3r9rpha7
How can we help 16-19 learners become more independent in their learning?
Launching next week, our latest resource brings together evidence-informed approaches, including metacognition, collaborative learning, and feedback.
More soon 👀
Launching next week, our latest resource brings together evidence-informed approaches, including metacognition, collaborative learning, and feedback.
More soon 👀
August 21, 2026 at 8:39 AM
How can we help 16-19 learners become more independent in their learning?
Launching next week, our latest resource brings together evidence-informed approaches, including metacognition, collaborative learning, and feedback.
More soon 👀
Launching next week, our latest resource brings together evidence-informed approaches, including metacognition, collaborative learning, and feedback.
More soon 👀
Looking for EEF resources and guidance?
Whether you work in early years, primary, secondary or 16-19 education you can explore practical resources, guidance on teaching and learning, and opportunities to take part in research.
🌱 Early years
📚 Primary
🏫 Secondary
📜 16-19
tinyurl.com/2fez5r5p
Whether you work in early years, primary, secondary or 16-19 education you can explore practical resources, guidance on teaching and learning, and opportunities to take part in research.
🌱 Early years
📚 Primary
🏫 Secondary
📜 16-19
tinyurl.com/2fez5r5p
August 19, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Looking for EEF resources and guidance?
Whether you work in early years, primary, secondary or 16-19 education you can explore practical resources, guidance on teaching and learning, and opportunities to take part in research.
🌱 Early years
📚 Primary
🏫 Secondary
📜 16-19
tinyurl.com/2fez5r5p
Whether you work in early years, primary, secondary or 16-19 education you can explore practical resources, guidance on teaching and learning, and opportunities to take part in research.
🌱 Early years
📚 Primary
🏫 Secondary
📜 16-19
tinyurl.com/2fez5r5p
📢 Deadline extended
We’re commissioning a team to map professional development programmes and structured practice support for early years educators working with children aged 0-2 in England.
📅 New deadline: 7th September 2026
Find out more and apply: tinyurl.com/2xthbsh8
We’re commissioning a team to map professional development programmes and structured practice support for early years educators working with children aged 0-2 in England.
📅 New deadline: 7th September 2026
Find out more and apply: tinyurl.com/2xthbsh8
August 18, 2026 at 2:51 PM
📢 Deadline extended
We’re commissioning a team to map professional development programmes and structured practice support for early years educators working with children aged 0-2 in England.
📅 New deadline: 7th September 2026
Find out more and apply: tinyurl.com/2xthbsh8
We’re commissioning a team to map professional development programmes and structured practice support for early years educators working with children aged 0-2 in England.
📅 New deadline: 7th September 2026
Find out more and apply: tinyurl.com/2xthbsh8
Join our team!
Do you have a passion for improving education through evidence? We’re recruiting for an international manager to support the Evidence for Education Network.
It’s a chance to combine project management, relationship-building, and global collaboration.
Apply: tinyurl.com/d2abzed8
Do you have a passion for improving education through evidence? We’re recruiting for an international manager to support the Evidence for Education Network.
It’s a chance to combine project management, relationship-building, and global collaboration.
Apply: tinyurl.com/d2abzed8
August 13, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Join our team!
Do you have a passion for improving education through evidence? We’re recruiting for an international manager to support the Evidence for Education Network.
It’s a chance to combine project management, relationship-building, and global collaboration.
Apply: tinyurl.com/d2abzed8
Do you have a passion for improving education through evidence? We’re recruiting for an international manager to support the Evidence for Education Network.
It’s a chance to combine project management, relationship-building, and global collaboration.
Apply: tinyurl.com/d2abzed8
New invitation to tender - we're commissioning a team to map the availability of professional development programmes and structured practice support used by early years educators working with children aged 0-2 years in England.
Apply by 21 August: tinyurl.com/2xthbsh8
Apply by 21 August: tinyurl.com/2xthbsh8
August 12, 2026 at 2:22 PM
New invitation to tender - we're commissioning a team to map the availability of professional development programmes and structured practice support used by early years educators working with children aged 0-2 years in England.
Apply by 21 August: tinyurl.com/2xthbsh8
Apply by 21 August: tinyurl.com/2xthbsh8
Today @youthendowmentfund.org.uk have published an evaluation report which found a small positive effect on school engagement for a social and emotional learning programme targeting secondary school boys.
Read more: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/funding/eval...
Read more: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/funding/eval...
Boys' Development Programme | Youth Endowment Fund
The Boys’ Development Programme is a targeted, school-based, one-to-one social and emotional learning programme.
youthendowmentfund.org.uk
July 31, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Today @youthendowmentfund.org.uk have published an evaluation report which found a small positive effect on school engagement for a social and emotional learning programme targeting secondary school boys.
Read more: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/funding/eval...
Read more: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/funding/eval...
Inclusive teaching is about helping every child to participate and succeed in school.
For teachers and school leaders in mainstream schools, inclusive teaching is both a challenge and an opportunity.
Our new guide is here to help you:
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
For teachers and school leaders in mainstream schools, inclusive teaching is both a challenge and an opportunity.
Our new guide is here to help you:
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
July 30, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Inclusive teaching is about helping every child to participate and succeed in school.
For teachers and school leaders in mainstream schools, inclusive teaching is both a challenge and an opportunity.
Our new guide is here to help you:
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
For teachers and school leaders in mainstream schools, inclusive teaching is both a challenge and an opportunity.
Our new guide is here to help you:
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
The Clips from the Classroom series shows video examples of real classroom teaching.
This term the Research Schools Network added a range of new videos. For example, 'closing the word gap' and 'promoting metacognition and self-regulated learning'.
Explore now: researchschool.org.uk/clips-from-t...
This term the Research Schools Network added a range of new videos. For example, 'closing the word gap' and 'promoting metacognition and self-regulated learning'.
Explore now: researchschool.org.uk/clips-from-t...
Clips from the Classroom
Clips from the Classroom
researchschool.org.uk
July 29, 2026 at 8:34 AM
The Clips from the Classroom series shows video examples of real classroom teaching.
This term the Research Schools Network added a range of new videos. For example, 'closing the word gap' and 'promoting metacognition and self-regulated learning'.
Explore now: researchschool.org.uk/clips-from-t...
This term the Research Schools Network added a range of new videos. For example, 'closing the word gap' and 'promoting metacognition and self-regulated learning'.
Explore now: researchschool.org.uk/clips-from-t...
Reposted by Education Endowment Foundation
In 16-19 learning “a lot of students are in a bit of a transition. Suddenly they’re expected to study independently, revise effectively, and perform in high-stakes assessments. Metacognitive practice is really about helping them bridge that gap." educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/why-met...
Why metacognition matters for 16-19 learners
Insights from the EEF-Gatbsy conference
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk
July 24, 2026 at 12:06 PM
In 16-19 learning “a lot of students are in a bit of a transition. Suddenly they’re expected to study independently, revise effectively, and perform in high-stakes assessments. Metacognitive practice is really about helping them bridge that gap." educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/why-met...
“Teachers can leave specific gaps where learners have time to think for themselves.
Questions such as ‘Why did I do it that way?’ or ‘What do you think I am going to do next?’ can encourage engagement.”
How thinking aloud can support learning: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/16-19/thinki...
Questions such as ‘Why did I do it that way?’ or ‘What do you think I am going to do next?’ can encourage engagement.”
How thinking aloud can support learning: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/16-19/thinki...
Thinking aloud in construction: supporting the learning journey from…
The EEF is an independent charity dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement.
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk
July 27, 2026 at 2:51 PM
“Teachers can leave specific gaps where learners have time to think for themselves.
Questions such as ‘Why did I do it that way?’ or ‘What do you think I am going to do next?’ can encourage engagement.”
How thinking aloud can support learning: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/16-19/thinki...
Questions such as ‘Why did I do it that way?’ or ‘What do you think I am going to do next?’ can encourage engagement.”
How thinking aloud can support learning: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/16-19/thinki...
We’ve submitted a response to the Department for Education’s consultation on how to measure performance for 16 – 19 learners.
Read it here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/respons...
Read it here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/respons...
Our response to the government’s 16-19 performance measures…
Public consultation on proposals to improve 16-19 school and college performance measures.
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk
July 27, 2026 at 12:03 PM
We’ve submitted a response to the Department for Education’s consultation on how to measure performance for 16 – 19 learners.
Read it here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/respons...
Read it here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/respons...
In 16-19 learning “a lot of students are in a bit of a transition. Suddenly they’re expected to study independently, revise effectively, and perform in high-stakes assessments. Metacognitive practice is really about helping them bridge that gap." educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/why-met...
Why metacognition matters for 16-19 learners
Insights from the EEF-Gatbsy conference
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk
July 24, 2026 at 12:06 PM
In 16-19 learning “a lot of students are in a bit of a transition. Suddenly they’re expected to study independently, revise effectively, and perform in high-stakes assessments. Metacognitive practice is really about helping them bridge that gap." educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/why-met...