Our goal is to create a world-class school system that ensures every child is taught a broad and ambitious knowledge-rich curriculum by highly skilled teachers, so they can achieve their potential. We need to continue to develop the evidence base around effective teaching practice and curriculum design, with teaching increasingly viewed as an applied science (akin to medicine) where evidence-based approaches are widely utilised, and skilled teachers draw upon expert support and professional communities. We also need to build our understanding of how best to replicate the success of high performing schools, and how school trusts can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their schools, including through management of the school estate. A key part of this is building evidence on the most successful school approaches to improving attendance.
If you would like to discuss previous, ongoing or potential research into any of the areas in this document, please contact research.engagement@education.gov.uk.
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
There is intense and gathering interest in the contribution that learning outside the classroom can make to children's wellbeing, creativity and their motivation for lifelong learning, linked to a concern that a narrow f...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: Plymouth University
The project explores the educational and wellbeing implications of outdoor learning, which directly addresses the question.
Many students in the UK benefit from curriculum-based environmental education (EE) (A-level and GCSE biology and geography fieldwork) which is provided by organisations such as the Field Studies Council (FSC). However, t...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Exeter
The project specifically focuses on curriculum-based environmental education and its impact on young people's wellbeing, directly related to the question.
Evidence suggests that engagement with nature in childhood, such as visiting and playing in local parks, woodlands and other greenspaces, is important for improving health and reducing health inequalities. To help addres...
Funded by: MRC
Lead research organisation: University of Glasgow
The project examines the longitudinal relationship between engagement with nature, physical activity, and children's health and wellbeing, which partially addresses the question.