December 2013

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EPRS 13/14 36 Maintaining curiosity: A report into science education in schools

This Ofsted report presents findings from a survey of science teaching in 91 primary and 89 secondary schools carried out between 2010 and 2013.

EPRS 13/14 37 Pupils missing out on education

This Ofsted report looks at the experiences of children and young people who are not in full time education in schools.

EPRS 13/14 38 Music in schools: What hubs must do

In this report Ofsted looks at the work and impact of the music hubs which were established in 2012.

EPRS 13/14 39 Statistical First Release: ITT census

This release from the DfE gives summary information about recruitment to Initial Teacher Training for the academic year 2013-2014.

EPRS 13/14 40 16-19 Bursary Fund: Examples of good practice

This guide published by the DfE provides practical examples of how institutions are effectively using the Bursary Fund to support disadvantaged pupils.

EPRS 13/14 41 The Home-School Knowledge Exchange Project: Numeracy Strand

The Home-School Knowledge Exchange Project was developed at the University of Bristol's Graduate School of Education to explore ways in which pupil learning can be enhanced by better home-school links. The numeracy strand focused on development of numeracy at key stage 2.

EPRS 13/14 42 PISA 2012 results: UK

The recent PISA report attracted large amounts of media attention when published last month. This summary looks beyond the headlines and outlines key data related to the performance of UK pupils.

EPRS 13/14 43 Languages for the future

This publication published by the British Council focusses on the UK's need for language proficiency and explores which languages are the most important.

EPRS 13/14 44 Talk about alcohol: An evaluation of the Alcohol Education Trust’s intervention in secondary schools

This report by the AET and published by NfER evaluated the impact of resources devised for teenagers in schools.

EPRS 13/14 45 Closing doors: Exploring gender and subject choice in schools

In this report the Institute of Physics looks at gender imbalance in six key A level subjects.

EPRS 13/14 46 Children and young people’s writing in 2012

In this report by the National Literacy Trust, a range of findings about young people’s attitudes towards and attainment in writing are presented.

Points of Information No.147

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