• The Effect of Teacher Coaching on Instruction and Achievement: A Meta-Analysis of the Causal Evidence by Kraft, Blazar & Hogan (2018) - A landmark meta-analysis examining the impact of teacher coaching on instructional practice and learner outcomes. The review found substantial positive effects on teacher practice and smaller but meaningful effects on pupil achievement.
• Mentoring and Coaching of Teachers: Thematic Synthesis by National Institute of Teaching, England (2023) can be accessed from this page: Mentoring and coaching trainee and early career teachers – The National Institute of Teaching. A comprehensive synthesis of evidence on mentoring and coaching for teachers, identifying key features of effective practice and implications for policy and professional learning.

• The Power of Coaching in the Professional Learning and Development of School Leaders by Collins, Murphy & Brown (2025) - A systematic review exploring the role of coaching in school leader development and identifying factors that enable successful coaching programmes.
• Sustaining a Vital Profession; the impact of Leadership Coaching in schools by Rachel Lofthouse and Ruth Whiteside accessed at CollectivED Working Papers Issue 10, March 2020.

• Professional Learning Research Insight: Building Professional Coaching Relationships by Australian Education Research Organisation (2025) - A research summary exploring the characteristics and conditions that support productive coaching relationships within educational settings 
• Reflective practice: Know You More coaches, Dr Jeremy Hinks and Mandy Murphy offer their thoughts on reflective practice as a means of helping yourself and others to navigate complex change.

• Instructional coaching: why it matters, and how to make it matter by Harry Fletcher-Wood and Artur Taevere, May 2022 is an accessible overview of instructional coaching, outlining the research evidence and practical considerations for implementation.
• Instructional coaching in K-12: A literature review and discussion questions, Institute of Educational Sciences, U.S. Dept of Education, March 2019 - A detailed review of instructional coaching research, exploring key features of effective coaching and practical implementation considerations.

Developing Future Black Minority, Ethnic (BME) Leader’s Self Efficacy through Mentoring and Coaching by Lizana Oberholzer accessed at CollectivED Working Papers Issue 9, October 2019.

• CollectivED  - The Centre for Mentoring, Coaching and Professional Learning at The Carnegie School of Education at Leeds Beckett University - regularly publish research reports, working papers written by practitioners, blog posts, and podcasts/videos – all with a focus on coaching, mentoring and professional learning.
• Growth Coaching International have compiled a list of all English-language research studies and other useful resources for coaching in education, e.g. articles in academic journals, books, book chapters, reports, websites etc. Entries in the compilation are hyperlinked to the original article, or an abstract, and the resource is updated regularly – available at Resources for Coaching in Education - Dropbox Link. In due course, a similar resource may be compiled for research into mentoring in education.
• University repositories often hold full copies of published research studies which are otherwise available only in subscription journals. Some research studies about coaching in education are available in the repository of the University of East London.

Foundational coaching texts:

• Quiet Leadership - David Rock (2007)
• Further Techniques for Coaching and Mentoring - David Megginson and David Clutterbuck (2009)
• Coaching in Education - Christian van Nieuwerburgh (2012)

Coaching in schools and educational settings:

• Growth Talk; A coaching way of leading in schools – Chris Munro and John Campbell (2026)
• Coaching in Schools Pocketbook – Andy Vass (2016)
• Coaching Psychology in Schools - Mark Adams (2016)
• The Leader's Guide to Coaching in Schools - John Campbell and Christian van Nieuwerburgh (2018)

Developing coaching skills and practice:

• An Introduction to Coaching Skills: A Practical Guide (3rd Edition) - Christian van Nieuwerburgh (2020)
• Developing Coaching Skills: A Practical Guide (2nd Edition) - Christian van Nieuwerburgh (2020)
• The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever– Michael Bungay Stanier (2016)
• The Advice Trap - Michael Bungay Stanier (2020)
• The Art of Coaching, A handbook of tips and tools – Jenny Bird and Sarah Gornall (2016)

Listening:

• How to Listen: Discover the Hidden Key to Better Communication - Oscar Trimboli (2022)
• Time to Think: Listening to Ignite the Human Mind - Nancy Kline (2021)
• The Promise That Changes Everything: I Won't Interrupt You - Nancy Kline (2020)

Questioning and Professional Conversations:

• Simple Habits for Complex Times - Jennifer Garvey Berger (2021)
• Unleash Your Complexity Genius - Jennifer Garvey Berger (2025)
• Professional Learning Conversations: Challenges in Using Evidence for Improvement - Lorna M. Earl and Helen Timperley (Eds.) (2008)