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Download full textMattey, Sarah – Research Matters, 2021
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic led to the closing of schools across the United Kingdom, and to the cancellation of exams and assessments in England. A large number of learners take Vocational and Technical Qualifications (VTQs) that are offered in a diverse range of subject groups and they can be used to enter the next stage of education,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Qualifications, COVID-19
Burge, Bethan; Benson, Louise – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2021
Since its introduction in 2017, NFER has been contracted by Ofqual to develop, deliver and analyse the results of the National Reference Test (NRT) in English and maths. The NRT is administered annually and shows if student performance in English and maths at GCSE level has changed from year to year. The NRT results are based on analysis of data…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Test Results, English, Mathematics Tests
Cornaglia, Francesca; Crivellaro, Elena; McNally, Sandra – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2012
Mental health problems--and depression in particular--have been rising internationally. The link between poor mental health and poor educational outcomes is particularly interesting in the case of the UK which has a low international ranking both on measures of child wellbeing and the probability of early drop-out from the labour market and…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Mental Health, Labor Market, Foreign Countries
Stability and Consistency in Secondary Schools' Effects on Students' GCSE Outcomes over Three Years.
Peer reviewedThomas, Sally; And Others – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1997
Summarizes a United Kingdom study investigating differential school effectiveness. Measures overall school effects versus departmental differences in effects on 16-year-old students' General Certificate in Secondary Education performance, the internal consistency of departmental effects across six subject outcomes, and the stability of school and…
Descriptors: Departments, Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Program Evaluation
Direct linkRutherford, Desmond – Management in Education, 2004
The focus of this article is on leadership in primary schools and the author argues and provides some evidence that the leadership of the headteacher can make a dramatic difference and raise standards in a school. This is in sharp contrast to the rather tentative conclusions of previous academic research. The author also argues that school…
Descriptors: Test Results, Administrative Organization, Instructional Leadership, Principals
Motivating the Reluctant Learner Using Multimedia within a Socio Constructivist Learning Environment
Largey, Alan; Timmins, Patricia – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2006
A class of unmotivated inner city secondary school children were introduced to an innovative, new, dedicated physical environment where computers and multimedia software were seamlessly integrated and which was served by a socio constructivist learning pedagogy. In this environment they were taught English as prescribed in the UK national…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, National Curriculum, Learning Motivation, Multimedia Instruction
