Category: reports

In 2015 I authored an evaluation of The Communication Trust‘s pilot of Platform 3 – a model of delivering the Level 3 qualification ‘Supporting Children and Young People’s Speech, Language and Communication’ via e-learning and assessment over two years for early years practitioners, on behalf of LKMco. The Trust was granted further funding in 2015/16 to tailor…

The Communication Trust support everyone who works with children and young people in England to support their speech, language and communication. Their work focuses on supporting children and young people who struggle to communicate because they have speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) as well as supporting all children and young people to communicate to…

The latest Department for Education statistics reveal that only 1% of pupils in ‘alternative provision’ and PRUs (pupil referral units) achieved five good GCSEs in 2013-14. Furthermore, of those entered for a GCSE in Maths or English, only one in ten achieved a C or above. This report, co-authored for Inclusion Trust with my colleague…

Informed commentators both in the UK and internationally increasingly reference the remarkable improvement journey of London’s schools since the turn of the century. If the claims made for educational improvement in London are true they represent an important case study in urban school reform. This report, co-authored with Centre for London, CfBT and colleagues at…

In May 2014 I published a report on the levers of local economic development, as part of the Need to Know series commissioned by the Local Government Knowledge Navigator. I also discussed my main findings in an article for the Guardian. The report explores the existing knowledge base on the levers of local economic development by assessing the…