Wales is in a time of unprecedented curriculum reform. In September 2022 Wales started the roll-out of their reformed Curriculum for Wales (CfW). This purpose-led curriculum is designed to ...

In Turkey, mathematics and science questions make up the bulk of national standardised examinations at the end of lower and upper secondary education, and teaching practices are largely ...

Delyse Clayden is a PhD candidate with a bachelor's degree in early childhood studies and a master's degree in special education. A mother of three neurodiverse children, Delyse is a ...

This year marks an important milestone for the educational research community in the UK, as the BERA Conference reaches its 50th iteration. Since the very first BERA Conference in April 1974 ...

Inspiration for the research A large body of research has been inspired by a line on page 14 of the Teachers’ Standards in England, which requires teachers not to ‘undermin[e] ...

Pupils’ recorded eligibility for free school meals (FSM) within the English National Pupil Database (NPD) has long been utilised across the country’s research and policy communities. It ...

For years, shadow education, characterised by private tutoring and supplementary training schools focused on enhancing academic performance, has been a prevalent aspect of educational ...

As part of a doctorate of education qualification at University College London, I conducted a small-scale research project for an Institute Focused Study. The project was designed to ...

It will sound trite to say that the first BERA Early Career Researcher (ECR) Network conference was ‘inspiring’. Did I hear a particularly engaging talk? Did some specific detail ...

We are pleased to announce the formation of the new BERA Teacher Network The BERA Teacher network aims to be an inclusive community of educators from early years, primary, and secondary ...

Dr Kerris Cooper is a Senior Researcher at EPI. Until 2021 she worked at the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) at the LSE, where she is currently a Visiting Senior Fellow. Kerris ...

In her final annual report as Chief Inspector of Ofsted, England’s schools and children’s services inspectorate, Amanda Spielman, opines that the Covid-19 pandemic has ‘fractured’ ...