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Issue 7.08

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Educational Aspirations: How English Schools Can Work With Parents To Keep Them On Track

Are aspirations as important as how students can achieve them? This new research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation shows that the real challenge for disadvantaged young people is achieving their aspirations. The study argues that schools and policy-makers in England put a lot of effort into ‘raising aspirations’ to increase achievement among disadvantaged pupils, but this is based on false assumptions about low aspirations. Leadership Briefing issue 7.08 (80)

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Summer Schools Programme For Disadvantaged Pupils

This overview report by the DfE presents the findings of a mixed method research study undertaken by the NFER and Ecorys. It was commissioned by the Department to evaluate the implementation and early outcomes of their 2012 Summer Schools programme for disadvantaged pupils. It is intended as a resource to be used by all schools who are considering running a Summer School for disadvantaged pupils. Leadership Briefing issue 7.08 (80)

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International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP) in the UK

The International Baccalaureate (IB) has published a new comparative research study conducted by NFER, which examined differences between the IB Middle Years Programme and two popular national qualifications in the UK, and surveyed students, their teachers and parents at six schools offering the Middle Years Programme (MYP) in the UK. The findings demonstrate a clear distinction between MYP students and those who are not enrolled in the MYP. Leadership Briefing issue 7.08 (80)

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