Evidence into Action

By Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)

Evidence into Action is a podcast from the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF).

This podcast welcomes experts in the field of education – fantastic researchers with important things to say, alongsi... more

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How many episodes does Evidence into Action have?

The podcast currently has 30 episodes available.

Evidence into Action episodes:

November 13, 2023Defining disadvantage
In this instalment, host Alex Quigley is joined by Kirsten Mould and expert guests to discuss how best to support pupils from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Guests include:
Dr Rebecca Montacute, Head of Research and Policy, Sutton Trust (Start - 30:32)
Marc Rowland, Pupil Premium Adviser, Unity School’s Partnership (30:32 - 53:26)
Gill Fearns, Director, Lancashire Research School (53:26 - End)
Further Resources:
Contextual Admissions, Sutton Trust
The COVID Social Mobility and Opportunities (COSMO) study
Elitist Britain, Sutton Trust
The EEF Guide to the Pupil Premium, Education Endowment Foundation (Updated September 2024)
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1h 13min
September 06, 2023Personal Social and Emotional Development (PSED) in the early years
In this instalment, host Alex Quigley is joined by co-host Nicola Cherry, EEF Early Years Content Specialist and Early Years Delivery Manager for North Somerset Council, alongside expert guests. They discuss PSED and how we can support how early years practice can be enriched through evidence-use.
Claudia Coussins, Deputy Head of Early Years - Policy and Practice, Anna Freud Centre (Start - 20:45)
Ruth Coleman, Headteacher, Highfield Nursery School (20:45 - 38:44)
Louise Jackson, Independent Consultant, Author, Trainer and Teacher, Wye Early Years (38:44 - End)
For quick and easy access to future episodes, search for 'Evidence into Action' in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts and make sure you subscribe there.
Further Resources:
EEF Early Years Hub
Since this episode was recorded there have been updates to the Early Years Evidence Store, including the Personal, Social & Emotional Development theme, the Self-Regulation & Executive Function theme and the ‘Supporting children’s mental health and wellbeing in the early years’ guide.
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1h 4min
June 13, 2023SEN in mainstream and adaptive teaching
In this instalment, host Alex Quigley is joined by co-host, Kirsten Mould, EEF Senior Content Specialist, and expert guests to discuss how best to support pupils with SEND, outlining the current challenges and opportunities in schools.
Gary Aubin, EEF Associate content specialist for SEND and Head of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities at Future Academies (3:10 - 23:47)
Rebecca Gonyora, Director of Inclusion (MAT) Every Child, Every Day Academy Trust and Deputy Regional SEN Lead for East of England and East London (WSS) (23:47 - 43:07)
Jon Eaton, Director of Kingsbridge Research School and Research Lead at Kingsbridge Community College (43:07 - End
For quick and easy access to future episodes, search for 'Evidence into Action' in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts and subscribe.
Further reading
EEF’s Special Educational Needs in Mainstream Schools guidance report
EEF resource: reflecting on your practice
EEF blog: Assess, adjust, adapt – what does adaptive teaching mean to you?
EEF blog: Moving from ‘differentiation’ to ‘adaptive teaching’
Whole School SEND
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1h 9min
May 02, 2023Metacognition
In this instalment, host Alex Quigley is joined by co-host, Hannah Heron, Learning Behaviours Content Specialist for the EEF, and expert guests, to discuss metacognition, with particular focus on putting study strategies into practice.
Professor John Dunlosky, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Science of Learning Center at Kent State University (Start - 34:16)
Jo Ashcroft, CEO of the CLIC Trust (34:16 - 49:34)
Freya Morrissey, Head of English at Teign School (49:34 - End)
Further Resources:
EEF Metacognition and Self-Regulated Learning Guidance Report (Published April 2018)
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1h 9min
February 27, 2023Ep 16: High quality talk
In this instalment, host Alex Quigley is joined by co-host, Kirstin Mulholland, EEF associate for content and engagement, with particular interest in maths.

Expert guests take part in discussions including:
Professor Neil Mercer, Director of Oracy at the University of Cambridge
Mrs Nicola Hemming, Deputy Headteacher at Clifton Primary School, Birmingham
Simon Cox, Leader at Blackpool Research School
They discuss high quality talk and how it can be applied and developed in classrooms.
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1h
January 24, 2023Vocabulary and Language
In this instalment, host Alex Quigley is joined by co-host Alex Reynolds, Literacy Content Specialist for the EEF, and expert guests to discuss vocabulary instruction, connections to reading and the curriculum.
Professor Jessie Ricketts, Director of Language and the reading acquisition research group for the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway University of London (Start - 27:25)
Marcus Jones, Literacy Lead at Huntington Research School and English Teacher (27:25 - 50:32)
Host and co-host reflections (50:32 - End)
Further Resources:
EEF Vocabulary in Action Classroom Strategies Resource
EEF Vocabulary in Action: Misconceptions Resource
EEF Blog, Through the Keyhole of the Reading House, Part 1: Vocabulary, Comprehension and Word Reading
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59min
November 29, 2022English as an Additional Language
In this instalment, hosts Alex Quigley and EEF Senior Content Manager Kirsten Mould are joined by expert guests in linguistics and education, alongside education leaders, to discuss how best to support pupils with English as an Additional Language.
Guests include:
Prof Victoria Murphy, Director of the Department of Education & Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Oxford (Start - 27:45)
Diana Sutton, The Bell Foundation (27:45 - 42:27)
Karl Rogerson, Principal of Billesley Primary School and Director of Billesley Research School (42:27 - End)
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1h 1min
November 02, 2022Evidence-informed Leadership
In this instalment, hosts Alex Quigley and EEF Senior Content Manager Kirsten Mould are joined by expert guests to discuss evidence informed leadership.

Guests include:
Nick Brook, Deputy General Secretary at NAHT and Chair of the School Improvement Commission (Start - 24:00)
Asima Iqbal, Vice Principal of Billesley Research School (24:00 - 40:50)
Alex Samways, Director of Research School and Teaching School Hub, Unity Schools Partnership (41:02 - End)
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1h 3min
May 25, 2022Supporting pupils during exams
In this new instalment, our expert panel discuss the evidence around how to prepare pupils for exams effectively.

Regular host Alex Quigley is joined by our Learning Behaviours Content Specialist, Kirsten Mould, in discussion with:
Prof. David Putwain of Liverpool John Moores University (Start – 26.55);
Sadie Thompson, Deputy Director of HISP Research School and Modern Foreign Language teacher (26.55 – 40.23); and
Simon Cox, Director of Blackpool Research School and Maths teacher (40.23– End).
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51min
April 01, 2022Teaching reading: The Reading Comprehension House
In this new instalment, our expert panel discuss how reading teaching can be supported using the reading comprehension house, which featured in our updated guidance report, Improving Literacy in Key Stage 2.

Regular host Alex Quigley is joined by our Literacy Content Specialist, Sarah Green, in discussion with:
Kate Cain, Professor of Language and Literacy Development at Lancaster University (Start – 30:25);
Caroline Bilton, Deputy Headteacher at Cragside C of E Primary School (30:25 – 36:50); and
James Siddle, Primary School Headteacher and Director of Kyra Research School (36:50– End).
Further Resources:
This episode is the counterpart to a previous episode on teaching reading fluency, which featured Professor Tim Rasinski, Julie Phazey and Louise Quinn.
EEF Improving Literacy in KS2 Guidance Report (Published November 2021)
EEF Blog, The 'Reading Comprehension House' and foundations that support word reading
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54min

FAQs about Evidence into Action:

How many episodes does Evidence into Action have?

The podcast currently has 30 episodes available.

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