Teachers and school leaders! We have been commissioned by the Department for Education to research how schools effectively address bullying prevention, behaviour management, suspensions and preventable exclusions.
ImpactEd Group
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📢 Our 2025/26 Impact Report is live! We’re proud to be strengthening the education workforce, championing inclusion and supporting children and young people to thrive. Thank you to our colleagues and collaborators! @impactedgroup.bsky.social Read the report: shorturl.at/xrzNU
ImpactEd Group has been accepted onto the @theeef.bsky.social's Data Collection Panel, a register of organisations approved to collect data for EEF-funded evaluations across England. educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects-and...
We’re conducting a short survey on workload, well-being, and curriculum with Oak National Academy and we need your input! 🎁 You could win 1 of 5 x £100 Amazon vouchers! impacted.typeform.com/to/zYBiGUos?...
“The role of implementation is becoming more integral to evaluation, working with the implementors makes a big difference to the effectiveness of evaluation and the take up of the evidence” Read the full story ---> www.impactedgroup.uk/news-and-blo...
How @biteback2030.bsky.social evaluated their programme for healthier future We hear from Andy, Daniel and Deepta about how Bite Back worked with ImpactEd to fight for a healthier future www.impactedgroup.uk/news-and-blogs/how-bite-back-evaluated-their-programme-to-fight-for-a-healthier-future
Proud to be the research partner and secretariat for The Current Affairs Education Commission, launching today with The Economist Educational Foundation, chaired by @samfr.bsky.social . If you have evidence or examples of practice to share www.currentaffairscommission.com #CurrentAffairsEducation
The Current Affairs Education Commission
Discover the Commission that aims to empower teachers and youth to navigate current affairs. The Commission will explore how schools and government can build vital media literacy and civic skills.
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Fascinating read on the relationship between curriculum and engagement: passmorespedagogy.wordpress.com/2026/05/11/the-year-7-dip-and-the-curriculum-conversation/
The Year 7 Dip and the Curriculum Conversation
For the last few years, curriculum has dominated educational discussion. Under the previous Ofsted framework, schools were expected to be able to articulate clearly the intent behind their curricul…
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We're pleased to share that ImpactEd will be working alongside @etioglobal.bsky.social and @eppicentre.bsky.social on a DfE-commissioned project to develop a national behaviour and anti-bullying resource toolkit for schools tes.com/magazine/news/general/dfe-awards-contract-school-behaviour-toolkit
DfE awards contract for school behaviour toolkit
Education services provider Etio will work alongside ImpactEd to develop a best practice review and toolkit to help tackle pupil behaviour
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We're heading to Sheffield! 🙌 Nina Vafea and Deepta Sunil Valliyil will be representing ImpactEd Group at the @ukevaluation.bsky.social Annual Conference 2026 this summer presenting posters. If you're attending, come and find them, we'd love to meet you. #UKEval26
We're excited to share that ImpactEd Evaluation has been commissioned by TASO to review best practice in evidence synthesis and online evidence toolkits. 🔍 Read more about the project on the TASO & ImpactEd blog 👇 IEG: www.impactedgroup.uk/news-and-blo... TASO: taso.org.uk/news-blog/ne...
Ahead of changes to the Crown Commercial Service framework in June 2026, ImpactEd has published a free resource to support schools and trusts to better understand their spend and plan resourcing. The resource is free to download: www.impactedgroup.uk/research-cam...
🆕 NFER and @impactedgroup.bsky.social to co-evaluate five-year IntoTech programme from @futuresforalluk.bsky.social and The Hg Foundation that aims to improve young people's access to tech careers. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/4lJjNCs
Futures For All and The Hg Foundation Launch Landmark National Tech Careers Programme
Ground-breaking partnership backs one of the UK’s first large-scale, independent evaluations of a programme designed to shift attitudes and aspirations towards Tech careers.
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A new evaluation from @impactedgroup.bsky.social shows the positive impact of The Story Project. SHINE has now committed a further £510,000 to extend the programme to up to 150 schools across #Bradford.
Children using The Story Project make gains in wellbeing, emotional literacy, empathy and reading skills - SHINE
Evaluation finds children in Bradford who used The Story Project saw improvements in wellbeing, emotional literacy, empathy, and reading.
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What is going on with supply? Looking at the national dataset Trusts of comparable size, phase and context can spend 3-4x more per pupil on supply than their peers. You read that right. There appears to be a consistent relationship between higher supply spend and lower pupil attainment. Cont..
A two-year evaluation of 2,600 participating schools, using a pastoral approach aimed at early identification of needs, found a 27% lower exclusion rate than the national average during the 2023-24 year. This equates to around four fewer exclusions per 1,000 pupils schoolsweek.co.uk/exclusions-a...
Exclusions cut under early identification approach - study
Approach focuses on early identification of needs and action plans
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We are pleased to report that Understanding Attendance has been shortlisted in the MAT Excellence Product of the year awards. We're all looking forward to connecting with fellow nominees in June. #MATExcellenceAwards
To mark National School Governors’ Awareness Day, we are publishing findings from a new research project drawing on responses from more than 500 governance and leadership stakeholders across schools and colleges in England. Full report: www.impactedgroup.uk/research-cam...
Inclusive Environments for Every Child, ImpactEd Evaluation’s new national research project delivered with Challenge Partners, has now launched and is open for data collection. Schools can register to take part this term. www.impactedgroup.uk/news-and-blo... #inclusion #education
New case study: From Start Up to Scale Up: Supporting Romodels with Fundraising Find out how ImpactEd Philanthropy has helped Romodels quintuple their income www.impactedgroup.uk/case-studies...
Welcome Jane Wilson, Matt Jones OBE, Neil Humphrey, Robert de Vries, Sonia Ilie and Sonia Thompson to the Research Advisory Panel chaired by Dr Lauren Bellaera and Professor John Jerrim. More on the Research Advisory Panel: lnkd.in/eXDdftr2
Students Who Believe They Can Succeed Make Two Months More Progress in Reading "These findings add to a growing research base that is demonstrating the link between engagement and academic outcomes." www.impactedgroup.uk/news-and-blo... #NationalYearOfReading2026
New research opportunity: How confident are early years and school practitioners and leaders about delivering inclusion & wellbeing? 7-min survey exploring readiness, capability & constraints facing mainstream schools. Anonymous Prize draw impacted.typeform.com/to/K007sfx7#...
𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐝𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 - 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 Kristy Evers is joined by Emma Darcy and James Garnett to explore how EdTech companies can build truly effective partnerships with schools. Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5wrX... Apple podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Key takeaways from #Bett2026: 1️⃣Evidence-based EdTech is now the standard, not the exception 2️⃣DfE's AI strategy prioritizes digital literacy, teacher support & safe tools 3️⃣Testbeds becoming core infrastructure for evaluating education tech 4️⃣AI being used particular in SEND support
We are expanding our use of national school research projects as a core methodological approach. Join us to find out more about how engaging in national research can support your school improvement. www.impactedgroup.uk/events/webinar-using-national-research-to-improve-practice-in-your-school
Our latest episode of Talking Impact for EdTech Founders is here 🔊 In this episode Kristy Evers speaks with Bozhidar Bashkov from IXL Learning about practical evaluation at scale. Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Spotify open.spotify.com/show/6NnUgYy... #EdTech
Talking Impact for EdTech Founders
Education Podcast · Welcome to Talking Impact for EdTech Founders with your host, Kristy Evers, Director at ImpactEd Evaluation. This Autumn, we're diving deeper into one of the most critical aspect...
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Harris Science Academy East London was one of 30 Harris Federation schools that took part in Understanding Attendance. The school made standout progress with their attendance in 2024-25, as well as orchestrating a huge cultural shift to increase pupils’ sense of belonging. Cont...
ITT Census 2025 (Wrapped?) Who are the teachers of tomorrow? Chris Larvin, Associate Director, reflects on the latest data. Full article here ----> www.impactedgroup.uk/news-and-blo... #itt #teachertraining
