Abstract

This report presents the findings of an independent evaluation carried out for the Swaledale Teaching Alliance into their DfE Strategic School Improvement Fund (SSIF) grant to introduce metacognition into mathematics. The evaluation was conducted by CollectivED, a research and practice Centre in the Carnegie School of Education at Leeds Beckett University (LBU).
The project, which took a collaborative coaching approach, ran for five terms from September 2017 to April 2019. Ten primary schools in North Yorkshire, with a predominance of Service Children, participated in the project. KS2 data shows that outcomes for pupils at these schools has been below the national average for some years. Attainment and progress in maths has been particularly weak. One of the main issues with these pupils is their mobility. Pupils do not often stay in one school for very long and enter or leave school at times other than usual, often at short notice as whole regiments are moved.