As a Research School, we were delighted to see the emphasis being placed on metacognition in the new Improving Secondary Science Guidance Report; it felt like everything was joining up into a coherent whole! […]

Kate Mouncey, outlines her thoughts on some of the recommendations in the EFF science guidance report and how she might use them to improve her own teaching in geography. […]

I’m sure many of us are familiar with John Hattie’s work and books, including Visible Learning and Visible Learning for Teachers.  His latest book, Visible Learning: Feedback, written with formative assessment expert Shirley Clarke, focuses on feedback, and combines research, theory and practice. The book is divided into the following chapters: 1.     What is feedback? […]

Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking at the national researchED conference in London.  As ever, the programme was packed full of sessions covering topics from curriculum to behaviour, the Pupil Premium to teacher retention.  In my session, I decided to talk about wellbeing; a topic close to my heart and yet one I […]

Like most schools, we start the academic year (and most terms) with an inset day to convey key information to staff, offer training on key priorities and allow for some planning time. Most of our training has been on teaching and learning, which is hardly surprising when this is our core business, and it is […]

Danielle Mason, Head of Research at the Education Endowment Foundation, unpacks the evidence on grouping pupils by attainment. […]

We are excited to announce that the Sandringham Research School training programme for 2018-19 is now released.  Booking is now open! Our popular three-day courses will include Leading Learning – leadership of evidence-informed CPD, a practical course supporting school leaders to embed evidence-based approaches in their school’s CPD programme.  This programme has been heavily subscribed in other national Research […]

It is hard to believe that our first year as a Research School is drawing to close; and what a year it has been!  For me personally, being part of the Sandringham Research School team has made me step outside my comfort zone and develop new skills but it has also enabled me to really […]

Following the recent publication of the EEF Metacognition and Self-Regulation Guidance Report, Karen Roskilly discusses graphic organisers. […]

We were very fortunate to welcome Peter Henderson on Monday to talk about strategies to support teaching maths at KS2 and KS3, adding detail to the information shared in the EEF Guidance Report ‘Improving Mathematics at Key Stage 2 and 3’ […]