The ‘Bananarama Principle’ is named after Bananarama and Fun Boy Three’s 1982 hit single ‘It Ain’t What You Do…..’1 The chorus states ‘it ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it’—and it’s essential advice for educators acting on the findings of research. This guiding law came to life in 2011 when we launched the Pupil Premium Toolkit.2