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Podcast – Adoption Beyond the Happy Ending: Trauma and the Stories that Shape Us

26 January 2026

Adoption is frequently presented as an endpoint: a “happy ending,” a rescue, a solution. For many adoptees, the story does not end with placement. It continues across the life course,…

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Video blog: Five practical classroom strategies for supporting EAL learners

24 January 2026

In this video blog, Zuzanna Zajaczkowska from St Mary’s Catholic Primary School shares five simple, effective classroom strategies for teachers, EAL coordinators, TAs and school leaders who are working with…

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Removing barriers to opportunity and achievement

8 January 2026

Building on NACE’s ongoing research into how schools can provide cognitively challenging learning opportunities for all, this new publication focuses in on what this means for young people who face…

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Pupil premium: eligible pupils

13 December 2025

Family income data will replace free school meals eligibility as the trigger for pupil premium and other deprivation funding for schools, the government has said. Ministers have previously said they…

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Child poverty strategy

9 December 2025

Over half a million children to be lifted out of poverty as government unveils historic child poverty strategy. New strategy to lift 550,000 children out of poverty by 2030 –…

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EEF podcast: Sustaining your Pupil Premium strategy

4 December 2025

In this episode, co-hosts Alex Quigley and Kirsten Mould talk to EEF’s Senior Policy Manager, Natalie Ohene, about the findings of a research project investigating how schools in England allocate spending on their Pupil Premium statements. They…

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Every Voice Matters: Oracy for Disadvantaged and Multi-Lingual Learners

30 November 2025

Join John Marsh and the Staffordshire Research School for an engaging online twilight session exploring how to develop oracy to support all learners, with a particular focus on disadvantaged and multi-lingual pupils. Drawing on the EEF…

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Free breakfast clubs: guidance for schools

26 November 2025

Guidance on setting up and running free breakfast clubs, including specific guidance for schools joining phase 1 of the national rollout from April 2026 published. This guidance explains the role…

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New evidence on EAL pupils’ attainment

23 November 2025

The latest research from the University of Oxford is a 10-year follow up to the first piece of research looking into the educational achievement of EAL pupils in England. It…

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Podcast: Understanding the impact of poverty on learning

11 November 2025

In this episode, we explore what poverty really looks like in our classrooms and communities, what this means for the children and families we serve, and most importantly, what practical…

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Podcast: Care-Experienced People Mini-Series

3 November 2025

The Care-Experienced People Mini-Series is part of Trauma-Informed Conversations - a podcast created by Trauma-Informed Consultancy Services (TICS) to explore what it really means to build systems and relationships grounded…

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Massive inequalities in accessing SEND system

2 November 2025

Children with special educational needs from low-income families are facing major inequalities in access to support, according to new research published by the Sutton Trust. The charity is warning of the…

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