The National Teacher Research Panel was set up about 15 years ago by CUREE supported by a group of national education agencies most of which no longer exist. It had three main goals:
- To ensure that all research in education takes account of the teacher perspective
- To ensure a higher profile for research and evidence informed practice in government, academic and practitioner communities
- To increase the number of teachers engaged in and with the full spectrum of research activity.
Over the several years of its existence, the Panel, supported by its expert advisers in CUREE, has helped and encouraged dozens of teachers and school leaders to do high quality but practical research. The Panel also helped them report their findings succinctly, in plain English and focused on relevance to other practitioners. This is one such example of that work.
Aim: The original aim of the project was to investigate ways to raise boys attainment in English. We were aware that our GCSE top sets were heavily weighted towards girls, with often less than ten boys in a group of thirty plus, and we wanted to address this imbalance. The main aim of the study was to close the attainment gap between boys and girls. The project has taken place over three years, with each year having a more defined focus:
Year 1 - raising attainment in Year 9, specifically that of boys who had high CAT (cognitive ability test) verbal data but who were underachieving.
Year 2 - broadening the focus to include some less able Y9 boys (assessed at KS3 Level 4 at the beginning of Year 9), while continuing work with the original cohort in Year 10.
Year 3 (current) - continued support of the original cohort to close the gap between boys and girls at GCSE, especially in A/A* grades, while consolidating practices with the younger age groups.
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