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Recalibrating Equity and Social Justice in Scottish Education: Bouncing forward after COVID-19 lockdowns

Research identifies six broad principles which can be used to help schools and local authorities consider their use of Scottish Attainment Challenge funding and supports to recalibrate equity and help learners to bounce forward after COVID-19 lockdowns and school closures.

What is working in numeracy and maths

This resource provides a summary of what is working in numeracy and mathematics for the Scottish Attainment Challenge and beyond.

SCDE Attainment Challenge Project: Developing pedagogies that work for Pre-Service and Early Career Teachers to reduce the Attainment Gap in Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Wellbeing

The SCDE Attainment Challenge Project is a three year Scottish Government funded research programme involving representatives of eight of the institutions providing initial teacher education (ITE) across Scotland.

Effective resources to support expressive arts – a study by the Consortium of Institutions for Development and Research in Education in Europe (CIDREE)

A qualitative study to identify and explore resources that are currently being used to build confidence and support teaching the arts in primary education.

National Action Enquiry Programme for Educational Psychologists

The National Action Enquiry Programme aims to develop the Scottish research base supporting educational practitioners to achieve better outcomes for children and young people, especially those who are most vulnerable.

National Action Enquiry Programme Reports 2018-19

Reports from educational psychologists from 15 local authorities across Scotland who have been undertaking research since January 2018.

Supporting Young Eastern Europeans - research, policy and practice materials

The research aims to contribute to ongoing debates on migration and the future of UK in Europe post-Brexit, providing information for families, policy makers and practitioners.

Play2Learn in Bearsden Primary and St Matthew’s Primary School, East Dunbartonshire Council

A resource to support practitioners engage in professional dialogue and collaborative practitioner enquiry on Learning through Play at the early stages of primary.

Review of Learning at Home

This review provides clarity and the first Scottish national definition of learning at home which is vital to help practitioners take this agenda forward.

National Action Enquiry Programme for Educational Psychologists (2016-17)

Further research, undertaken in Scottish schools by Scottish educational psychologists in partnership with Scottish teachers, children and young people.

Using food as a context for raising attainment and closing the gap

Find out about the impact of breakfast club attendance on both children’s cognitive performance and their friendships.

What is ‘Parental Involvement’ and ‘Parental Engagement’?

​The definitions of ‘Parental Involvement’ and ‘Parental Engagement’ have been sourced from literature on the subject matter.