This publication sets out areas where DfE is interested in more research and new evidence2. Given the broad policy agenda of the department it is not practical to provide an exhaustive list of research questions of interest. Instead this is a targeted list of areas which are both key departmental priorities and where we feel the research community is currently well placed to add to our evidence base. In terms of approaches to answer the questions, we are interested in both primary qualitative and quantitative research, secondary data analysis, and literature reviews/synthesis of existing evidence. For all questions we are interested in international perspectives and what has worked, or not, in other countries. For all our questions we are interested in how results differ for relevant sub-groups such as Free School Meal pupils, Pupil Premium pupils, Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) pupils, Black and Minority Ethnic pupils, and gender.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Understanding Children's Lives and Outcomes, led by Morag Treanor and Fiona Mitchell, will provide new insights to help better understand and deliver the best possible outcomes for children, utilising existing datasets n...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Edinburgh
The project aims to understand and deliver the best possible outcomes for children, including educational achievement and wellbeing.
The proposed research aims to examine, over time, education and healthcare outcomes of children who are looked after (CLA) by the local authority (i.e. in care). Existing studies that use only one point in time have show...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
The project aims to examine the impact of local authority care on the lives of vulnerable children, which is related to the question but does not fully answer it.
Background There are serious challenges facing social care, education and health services for children and young people in England. Beyond high profile cases of avoidable child deaths, the social costs of poor outcomes ...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: Imperial College London
The project aims to create a research-ready dataset linking data on children and young people, which can be used to inform policies and services for children's outcomes.