We critically analyse how girls at risk of exclusion from formal education experience a literacy programme focused on oracy and lived experience experienced in practice, exploring how the feminist and critical pedagogic aspects of the programme were instrumental to improving the girls' engagement in education. (pdf)

Drawing on the experience within two school-based health research networks in the United Kingdom, this paper addresses the use of data dashboards as a tool for sharing health and wellbeing data and supporting the implementation of data-driven approaches to health improvement within the school context. (pdf)

This paper examines teachers' perspectives on how socio-economic disadvantage and post-pandemic pressures shape children's access to nature and how this relates to their beliefs about outdoor learning. It explores the gap between perceived benefits for disadvantaged pupils and what current UK education structures allow teachers to provide. (pdf)

The paper investigates which factors help or hinder the implementation of staff development projects in schools in England. Using the CFIR framework, it seeks to understand why implementation success varies and how school contexts influence the effectiveness of professional development initiatives.

This review addresses the gap between available evidence-based self-regulation interventions and their limited adoption in mainstream primary classrooms. It examines how teachers currently support self-regulation development in students aged 4–11, identifying whether commercial programmes are being utilised or if teachers rely on informal strategies. (pdf)

Despite a growing international consensus that students need to be provided with the type of education that effectively prepares them to engage in and contribute to their globalised world, and that teachers need to be appropriately trained to facilitate this teaching and learning, ‘global education’ continues to be hindered by a lack of clarity and/or…

The main issue that the paper addresses is the contribution of National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) for school leaders in England to making teaching a more attractive profession. We analyse and discuss a sample of these qualifications using a framework which considers the behavioural, attitudinal and intellectual dimensions of professional learning. (pdf)

Recruiting and retaining school leaders is a challenge in many systems worldwide. This article explores succession planning for headship in England, focusing on two different localities: one in which most schools are still run by the Local Authority, and one in which most schools are in Multi-Academy Trusts. (pdf)

Drawing on data from the Millennium Cohort Study, this paper quantitatively explores whether dyslexic pupils in English primary schools are underrepresented in high attainment groups for core subjects, English and Maths, and to what extent teacher perceptions of ‘ability’ influence group allocation. (pdf)

This paper explores the challenges and opportunities surrounding the recruitment and retention of minority ethnic teachers in England. Drawing on interview data from 33 teachers and school leaders of diverse ethnic backgrounds, it investigates whether racialised barriers identified in earlier research have shifted in the current context of teacher shortages and workforce diversification efforts. The…

Guidance from the Department for Education stipulates that permanent exclusions should only be used as a last resort and where there is potential for harm to come to anyone in the school setting. Suspensions are positioned as a tool to communicate to a pupil that their behaviour is in breach of the school's behaviour policy.…

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