Stuart Mathers

Education Endowment Foundation:Stuart Mathers

Stuart Mathers

Head of Evidence Mobilisation

Stu leads the EEF’s Evidence Mobilisation team

stuart.mathers@eefoundation.org.uk

The Evidence Mobilisation team lead EEF’s work to support educators to use evidence. This includes how EEF supports schools to use evidence through regional support and training; and how EEF supports other organisations who support schools. The team also lead our support for early-stage development of new programmes- helping developers build in evidence about content and processes at the outset.

The Evidence Mobilisation team plays a co-ordinating role for the EEF’s work to support the use of evidence in the Early Years, a real growth area that includes our work as evidence partner to the DfE’s Stronger Practice Hubs programme.

Stu joined the EEF in February 2017, and has been involved in the development of the Research School Network and the EEF’s approach to mobilising evidence ever since. Drawing on his background around professional development, implementation and making change at scale, Stu has led the development of the EEF’s regional evidence mobilisation approach and shaped the EEF’s approach to Impact. More recently Stu has combined lessons from evidence mobilisation and his personal passion for the early years to help drive EEFs expanded activity in this area.

Before joining the EEF Stu spent 10 years at the Department for Education, providing policy advice on teachers' professional development, evidence-based teaching, the use of teaching assistants, and primary pedagogy. Stu is based in North Yorkshire.

Stuart Mathers

Head of Evidence Mobilisation

Stuart Mathers

Stu leads the EEF’s Evidence Mobilisation team

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