Best Bets

In this episode, Dr Caroline Creaby interviews Kate Mouncey and Karen Roskilly, Research Leads at Sandringham School. In their discussion, Caroline, Kate and Karen discuss the challenges of transitioning to remote teaching, weigh in on the debate about live lessons, consider opportunities for peer interactions and the wider roles schools play in supporting students to engage in learning.

In this episode, Dr Caroline Creaby, Director at Sandringham Research School, interviews Mary Reader, Senior Researcher at the Education Policy Institute. In their discussion, Caroline and Mary discuss the findings of the EPI's recent report Education in England Annual Report 2020, for which Mary was a lead author. In particular, Mary talks through the research finds relating the the disadvantaged attainment gap, the attainment gap for those considered persistently disadvantaged and gaps for students from different ethnic backgrounds. They go on to explore the implications for schools in relation to how best supporting disadvantaged students.

In this episode, Kate Mouncey, Research Lead and Director of Sixth Form at Sandringham Research School, interviews Dr Duncan Astle, Group Leader at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at The University of Cambridge. In their discussion, they cover a whole host of important areas including working memory, long term memory, ADHD and 'neuromyths'. Duncan also offers helpful suggestions to teachers and school leaders about the implications from brain science research for classroom practice.

In this episode, Dr Caroline Creaby, Director of Sandringham Research School, interviews Dr Niki Kaiser, science teacher, Research Lead and Science Content Specialist at the Education Endowment Foundation.  In their discussion, they cover a whole host of important areas including the value of research evidence for teachers and the work of the grassroots #cogscisci teacher group. Niki also offers helpful suggestions to teachers about how to support students in the classroom when they return to school.

In this episode, Dr Caroline Creaby, Director of Sandringham Research School, interviews Marc Rowland, the UK's national authority of effective Pupil Premium provision.  In their discussion, they cover a whole host of important areas including what effective classroom practice looks like, changes in accountability reporting and striking a balance between in and out of class interventions.  Marc also offers helpful suggestions to teachers and school leaders about how to support disadvantaged students at the moment and on return to school.

Take a minute to listen to the trailer for Best Bets, the new podcast from Sandringham Research School. Subscribe and get Episode 1 about Pupil Premium with Marc Rowland on June 1st 2020.