Science

Review of the evidence commissioned by the EEF to inform the Improving Secondary Science guidance report

Authors: Terezinha Nunes, Peter Bryant, Steve Strand, Judith Hillier, Rossana Barros, and Jaimie Miller-Friedmann (University of Oxford)

This review examines the relationship between socioeconomic disadvantage and science attainment. It explores why gaps emerge, persist and widen over time. It also discusses the factors that could help improve engagement and success in science.