Home » Leadership Briefings » Issue 1.11

Issue 1.11

Leadership

English as an Additional Language: An Evaluation of Pilot Training Courses

This 21–page report is an evaluation of five pilot courses for training specialist teachers and teaching assistants in English as an additional language. It identifies effective practice on which to build a national framework for professional development in English as an additional language and improvements that need to be made to make the courses more successful. The report evaluated the courses in terms of recruitment and retention, content, quality of training and tutoring, assignments and assessment, management, quality assurance and monitoring. Update Note: The full report is no longer available

  • 24mins
Leadership

School Meals in Primary Schools in England

This 183–page study presents the findings from a nationally representative sample of 151 primary schools in England which provided information about catering practice and food provision at lunchtime, and information on the food selections of 7058 primary school pupils age 4–12 years. This study was commissioned before the start of the school food transformation programme. Update Note: The full report is no longer available

  • 24mins
Leadership

Best practice In Self–Evaluation

This 23–page report looks at the factors which contribute to effective self–evaluation. It is based on visits to 12 schools, seven further education colleges and three local authorities where previous inspection reports identified strong practice in this area. The findings are intended to disseminate best practice and to provide help to institutions improve this aspect of their work. Update Note: The full report is no longer available

  • 24mins
Leadership

How Do Young People Make Choices at 14 and 16?

In order to support young people’s decision–making at a time of greater and more complex choices, the Department of Education and Skills (DfES) commissioned the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) to explore how young people make the educational choices required of them at ages 14 and 16. This 155–page study explores the ways in which structural contexts and individual attributes interact both before and during the decision–making process. Update Note: The full report is no longer available

  • 24mins
Leadership

Time Trends in Adolescent Mental Health

This is a short Nuffield Foundation study that assesses the extent to which conduct, hyperactive and emotional problems have become more common over a 25–year period in three general population samples of UK adolescents. It analyses information on 15–16 year olds from national surveys in 1974, 1986 and 1999, looking at trends in UK adolescents over the whole 25–year period. Update Note: Summary Only - The full report is no longer available

  • 24mins