Evidence and resources
Educational research to guide school staff and educational professionals
Education Endowment Foundation:New edition: The EEF Guide to the Pupil Premium
New edition: The EEF Guide to the Pupil Premium
How to plan, implement, monitor, and sustain an effective strategy.
We’re an independent charity dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement. We do this by supporting schools, colleges, and early years settings to improve teaching and learning through better use of evidence.
Take part in an EEF project
We’re recruiting education settings in England to take part in trials of high-potential programmes.
We’re also subsidising programmes that have previously shown to have a positive impact on outcomes, so more can benefit.
Evidence and resources
Teaching and Learning Toolkit
An accessible summary of the international evidence on teaching 5 – 16 year-olds.
Evidence and resources
Early Years Toolkit
A summary of the best available evidence on key areas for learning and development.
Evidence and resources
Early years
Support great learning and development opportunities for two-to-five-year-olds.
Evidence and resources
Primary
Support great teaching and learning for five- to 11-year-olds.
Evidence and resources
Secondary
Support great teaching and learning for 11- to 16-year-olds.
Evidence and resources
Post-16
Support great teaching and learning opportunities for five-to-16-year-olds.
Evidence and resources
Leadership and planning
Support great teaching and learning opportunities for five-to-16-year-olds.
Evidence and resources
Training and support providers
Support great teaching and learning opportunities for two-to-19-year-olds.
Evidence and resources
More resources and support
Support great teaching and learning opportunities for two-to-19-year-olds.
Promising Programmes
Programmes we’ve tested that show promise for raising attainment.
Blog
How to support children’s mental health and wellbeing in the early years
New downloadable resource.
Podcast
New EEF podcast: retrieval practice
How can cognitive science principles and practices be applied in classrooms?
Blog
How to support disciplinary literacy by cultivating curriculum conversations
What does reading look like in your subject?
Blog
Voices from the classroom: Retrieval principles into practice
How can we use cognitive science approaches in classrooms?
