November 2017

This paper from the DfE reviews catch-up strategies and interventions which are intended for low-attaining pupils in literacy or numeracy at the end of key stage 2.

This report from the Sutton Trust explores whether life skills are being sufficiently developed in schools.

This report published by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) and Pearson assesses England’s progress in delivering the skills our young people need for the modern workplace.

This report from Ofsted provides a summary of the main findings from the first 30 local area SEND inspections, identifying the most common strengths and weaknesses.

This report looks at what the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2013 shows us about the effect of working conditions on teacher retention and job satisfaction.

This report from the NfER presents further research findings about teacher retention and turnover and makes a series of recommendations.

This report from the DfE looks at the ways in which schools have implemented the government’s recent pay reforms.

This report published by Ofqual explores perceptions of subject difficulty and looks at links between these perceptions and subject choices at GCSE and A level.

This report from the Sutton Trust looks at the extent to which elite universities are using contextualised information in order to admit more disadvantaged students.

This report published by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) looks at institutions whose written submissions led to their grading against the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) being raised; it aims to identify common areas of good practice.