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Cornerstone Adoption Support Programme: evaluation report (2017)
Report
Luckock, B., Sims, L., Whiting, R., Meleyal, L., & Hampden-Thompson, G. (2017). Cornerstone Adoption Support Programme: evaluation report. Department for Education

Report on the effects of the programme on children and adoptive parents, and overall adoption services.

Islington ‘Doing What Counts: Measuring What Matters’ evaluation (2017)
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Luckock, B., Hickle, K., Hampden-Thompson, G., & Dickens, R. (2017). Islington ‘Doing What Counts: Measuring What Matters’ evaluation. Department for Education

The report evaluates the success of the project which aimed to improve outcomes for children and families that involved a statutory assessment of need in the London Borough of Islington.

UK Space Agency Principia Education Programme Report: The reach and spread of its projects (2017)
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See, B., Morris, R., Gorard, S., & Griffin, N. (2017). UK Space Agency Principia Education Programme Report: The reach and spread of its projects. UK Space Agency

Increasing the number of pupils and young people studying STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths) has been a concern for successive UK governments in the last two decades. In 2014 the Prime Minister claimed that maths, science and... Read More about UK Space Agency Principia Education Programme Report: The reach and spread of its projects.

Coram’s 'permanence improvement' project (2017)
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Luckock, B., Whiting, R., Meleyal, L., Sims, L., & Hampden-Thompson, G. (2017). Coram’s 'permanence improvement' project. Department For Education

Research on improvements to the adoption services of 2 local authorities, including the development of a new diagnostic tool for special guardianship orders and the creation of a ?permanence improvement? academy. The project was intended to support c... Read More about Coram’s 'permanence improvement' project.

An evaluation of the AdOPt parenting programme (2017)
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Harold, G., Hampden-Thompson, G., Bjedov, M. R., & Sellers, R. (2017). An evaluation of the AdOPt parenting programme. Department For Education

This report provides findings from an evaluation of the AdOpt parenting programme and its effectiveness in improving parenting capabilities among participating parents.

A systematic review of the effective continuing professional development training of welfare professionals (2017)
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Torgerson, C., Nielsen, C., Gascoine, L., Filges, T., Moore, I., Nielsen, B., & Jørgensen, F. (2017). A systematic review of the effective continuing professional development training of welfare professionals. [No known commissioning body]

The quality of the professional development of education and welfare professionals working with children and young people (for example, pre-school teachers or ‘pedagogues’, school teachers, teaching assistants, social workers, psychologists, police o... Read More about A systematic review of the effective continuing professional development training of welfare professionals.

Non-cognitive impacts of Philosophy for Children (2017)
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Siddiqui, N., Gorard, S., & See, B. (2017). Non-cognitive impacts of Philosophy for Children. [No known commissioning body]

Schools are places where children can learn behaviour, skills and attitudes that have lifelong relevance, in addition to the formal curriculum of subjects. In England, despite a continuing emphasis on attainment, there are clear moves to consider als... Read More about Non-cognitive impacts of Philosophy for Children.

The Sutton Trust-Education Endowment Foundation Teaching and Learning Toolkit (2016)
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Higgins, S., Katsipataki, M., Villanueva-Aguilera, A., Coleman, R., Henderson, P., Major, L., …Mason, D. (2016). The Sutton Trust-Education Endowment Foundation Teaching and Learning Toolkit. [No known commissioning body]

The Sutton Trust-EEF Teaching and Learning Toolkit is an accessible summary of educational research. It provides guidance for teachers and schools on how to use their resources to improve the attainment of disadvantaged pupils. The Toolkit currently... Read More about The Sutton Trust-Education Endowment Foundation Teaching and Learning Toolkit.

Grammar schools in England: a new approach to analysing their intakes and outcomes (2016)
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Gorard, S., & Siddiqui, N. (2016). Grammar schools in England: a new approach to analysing their intakes and outcomes. [No known commissioning body]

This paper forms part of a larger investigation of indicators of disadvantage and how they may be improved or supplemented in order to track school intakes and results better. Here our evolving dataset based on the National Pupil Database in England... Read More about Grammar schools in England: a new approach to analysing their intakes and outcomes.