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Learning through ‘guided’ play can be as effective as adult-led instruction up to at least age eight

Play-based learning may also have a more positive effect on younger children’s acquisition of important early maths skills compared with traditional, direct instruction

Former teachers urged to return to the classroom in England

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Former teachers needed to expand supply staff across country.

Parent-teacher relationship vital to home schooling

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Primary teachers provide a range of practical and emotional support alongside academic assistance to parents.

Children’s relationships with teachers remained strong despite emotional toll of pandemic

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Cardiff University study shows how relationships between teachers and students remained positive during the pandemic.

Researchers find that primary school tests have little effect on children’s happiness and wellbeing

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Study compares pupils taking tests in England, to those who do not in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

Youngest class members face low educational achievement

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Research from King’s College London

Girls less likely to see science as a viable career when taught alongside scientifically confident classmates

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Research published in British Journal of Sociology of Education

Teacher burnout causing exodus from the profession

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New study from the University of York finds that burnout increases the chance of teachers leaving the profession

@OfstedNews publishes research review on music

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Simply ‘doing’ music is not enough

GCSE results linked to child’s enjoyment of school aged six

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Researchers from University of Bristol find that pupil’s school enjoyment measured at six years old indicates GCSE success at 16.

@OfstedNews publishes research review on geography

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The latest review looks at geography education.

Schools urged to change sexual harassment cultures in schools and colleges

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Sexual harassment, including online sexual abuse, has become ‘normalised’ for children and young people.

Mathematics research review – @OfstedNews publishes guide for a high-quality maths education

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Ofsted has published the third in a series of reviews into different subjects across the curriculum.

Religious Education research review – @OfstedNews publishes guide for a high-quality RE education

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Review refers to 3 different types of subject-specific knowledge that pupils learn in RE

Older teens more popular with classmates

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Researchers claim that teachers might benefit from knowing their students’ birth months.