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Education Endowment Foundation

EEF Annual Report September 2023 – August 2024

The Education Endowment Foundation funds and evaluates programmes to reduce the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers. Their 2023/24 annual report covers 159 active research projects, record Toolkit usage — with 70% of school leaders now using it — and two major new guidance reports, alongside continued evidence mobilisation across England.

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Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 921,930 Teaching & Learning Toolkit users; 382,701 Early Years Toolkit users in 2023/24
Key Metric 2 159 active research projects across early years, primary, secondary and post-16
Key Metric 3 Over 15,000 studies reviewed; 1,200 added to evidence database in the year

Key Outcomes

  • 70% of school leaders now use the Teaching and Learning Toolkit to decide which approaches to adopt — up from 11% in 2012
  • Two new guidance reports published: Improving Primary Science and A School's Guide to Implementation (downloaded 46,000+ times in four months)
  • 15 new projects funded across writing, secondary maths, EdTech and teacher recruitment and retention themes

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