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EDT presents findings on refugee teacher professional development at the Global Refugee Forum 2023

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Impressive results published from the Early Years Professional Development Programme

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Harnessing the collective power of peer review with Maggie Farrar and David Godfrey

Achieving a gender-responsive pedagogy with Nora Fyles, Ruth Naylor and Rosa Muraya

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How leaders of learning are improving education in Rwanda with Amy Bellinger and Jean-Pierre Mugiraneza

Research 05/06/2022

The ‘hidden givers’: a study of school governing bodies in England

By Chris James, Steve Brammer, Michael Connolly, Mike Fertig, Jane James, Jeff Jones

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The project analysed the relationship between primary and secondary school governing and school performance and the way this relationship was influenced by the socio-economic setting.

The research was undertaken by a team of researchers from the University of Bath: Chris James (Project Co-Director), Steve Brammer (Project Co-Director), Michael Connolly, Mike Fertig, Jane James and Jeff Jones. The project was funded by Education Development Trust (then CfBT Education Trust).

The project undertook an extensive review of the relevant literature; extended the analysis of data from a national survey of school governors undertaken by Balarin et al. in 2008; and undertook 30 case studies of school governing in England in a range of settings.

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The ‘hidden givers’: a study of school governing bodies in England

The project analysed the relationship between primary and secondary school governing and school performance and the way this relationship was influenced by the socio-economic setting.

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