The School of Education, Bristol Working Papers in Education series allows both staff and students to share important work-in-progress and forthcoming publications with researchers, stakeholders and a wider public audience.

Working Papers: ‌

02/2024 - ‌‌Teacher professional development in Africa (PDF, 1,683kB), Rafael Mitchell, Roger A. Ayinselya, Angeline M. Barrett, Artemio A. Cortez Ochoa, Opanga David, Dan Imaniriho, Zibah A. Nwako, Nigusse Weldemariam Reda and Marcina Singh, (Full title: Teacher professional development in Africa: A critical synthesis of research evidence) (published April 2024)

01/2024 - ‌‌Feeding Hungry Families: Food Banks in Schools in England (PDF, 1,713kB) Will Baker, Cathryn Knight and George Leckie (published March 2024)

04/2023 - ‌‌Student Sociodemographic and School Type Differences in Teacher-Predicted (PDF, 3,156kB), George Leckie and Konstantina Maragkou, (Full title: Student Sociodemographic and School Type Differences in Teacher-Predicted vs. Achieved Grades for University Admission) (published September 2023)

03/2023 - An investigation of student intersectional sociodemographic and school variation (PDF, 2,388kB), Lucy Prior and George Leckie, (Full title: An investigation of student intersectional sociodemographic and school variation in GCSE final grades in England in 2020) (published September 2023)

02/2023 - School Leadership Research in Botswana (PDF, 831kB), Bolelang Pheko and Rafael Mitchell (published June 2023)

01/2023 - School differences on whether and where students apply to university (PDF, 1,608kB), Lucy Prior and George Leckie (published February 2023)

06/2022 - Sociodemographic inequalities in student achievement (PDF, 2,672kB), Lucy Prior, Clare Evans, Juan Merlo and George Leckie, (Full title: Sociodemographic inequalities in student achievement:
An intersectional multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA) with application to students in London, England) (published November 2022)

05/2022 - Reconceptualising Violence in International and Comparative Education (PDF, 1,694kB), Julia Paulson and Leon Tikly, (Full title: Reconceptualising Violence in International and Comparative Education: Revisiting Galtung’s Framework) (published September 2022)

04/2022 - Decolonising Teacher Professionalism: Foregrounding the Perspectives of Teachers (PDF, 1,612kB), Leon Tikly, Angeline M. Barrett, Poonam Batra, Alexandra Bernal, Leanne Cameron, Alf Coles, Zawadi Richard Juma, Rafael Mitchell, Nidia Alviles Nunes, Julia Paulson, Jennifer Rowsell, Michael Tusiime, Beatriz Vejarano and Nigusse Weldemariam, (Full title: Decolonising Teacher Professionalism: Foregrounding the Perspectives of Teachers in the Global South) (published September 2022)

03/2022 - Endogenous systems leadership for education in crises: A framework for inclusive (PDF, 1,938kB), Rafael Mitchell, Jennifer Agbaire, Julia Paulson, Terra Sprague and Leon Tikly, (Full title: Endogenous systems leadership for education in crises: A framework for inclusive and equitable quality education in low- and middle- income countries) (published March 2022)

02/2022 - ‘Late Exit’ Transition in the Language of Learning and Teaching (PDF, 1,307kB), Rachel Bowden and Angeline M. Barrett, (Full title: Theory, Practices and Policies for ‘Late Exit’ Transition in the Language of Learning and Teaching: A Literature Review) (published February 2022)

01/2022 - A Comparison of Value-Added Models for School Accountability (PDF, 1,930kB), George Leckie and Lucy Prior (published January 2022)

03/2021 - ‌Beginnings: reflections on 25 years of teaching and learning mathematics (PDF, 1,998kB), Alf Coles (Full title: An inaugural lecture. Beginnings: reflections on 25 years of teaching and learning mathematics) (published September 2021)

02/2021 - Racial formation and education in England (PDF, 1,845kB), Leon Tikly (Full title: Racial formation and education in England: A critical analysis of the Sewell report) (published June 2021)

01/2021 - A review and evaluation of secondary school accountability in England (PDF, 2,574kB), Lucy Prior, John Jerrim, Dave Thomson and George Leckie (Full title: A review and evaluation of secondary school accountability in England: Statistical strengths, weaknesses, and challenges for 'Progress 8' raised by COVID-19)

02/2020 - Teaching for mastery (PDF, 2,055kB), Rachel Helme (Full title: Teaching for mastery. A report on the impact of the use of the NCETM Primary Mastery Professional Development materials in 5 schools)

01/2020 - BILT Learning Community Team 1: Evaluating large-scale educational initiatives (PDF, 3,823kB), prepared on behalf of the BILT Learning Community team by Sarah Kelly and Catherine Kelly

11/2018 - Should we adjust for pupil background in school value-added models? (PDF, 3,428kB), George Leckie and Harvey Goldstein

10/2018 - Approaches to Strengthening Secondary STEM & ICT Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (PDF, 2,989kB), Vicki Gardner, Marie Joubert, Angeline M. Barrett, and Leon Tikly 

09/2018 - Grammar Schools & the ‘Mayritocracy’ (PDF, 755kB), Vicki Gardner (published in November 2018)

08/2018 - Amber: Ambitions Evaluation & Research Programme (Phase 1 and Phase 3): Final (PDF, 1,262kB), Jo Rose, Rosamund Sutherland, John Hill, Pat Triggs, Wan Yee

07/2018 - Amber: Ambitions Evaluation and Research Evaluation of the South Bristol Youth (PDF, 2,580kB), Jo Rose, Rosamund Sutherland, John Hill, Pat Triggs, Wan Yee

06/2018 - Scan of International Approaches to Teacher Assessment (PDF, 2,427kB). Authors: Artemio Arturo Cortez Ochoa, Sally Thomas, Leon Tikly and Helen Doyle (published April 2018)

05/2018 - Supporting Secondary School STEM Education for Sustainable Development in Africa (PDF, 1,110kB) Authors: Leon Tikly, Marie Joubert, Angeline M. Barrett, Dave Bainton, Leanne Cameron and Helen Doyle (published April 2018)

04/2017 Learning from Innovation for Education in Rwanda (PDF, 3,165kB) Authors: Leon Tikly and Lizzi Milligan (published May 2017)

03/2016 Improving Secondary School Teacher Quality in Sub-Saharan Africa (PDF, 1,202kB) Authors: Dave Bainton, Dr Angeline M. Barrett and Leon Tikly (published November 2016)

02/2016  The evolution of school league tables in England 1992-2016 (PDF, 1,657kB) Authors: George Leckie and Harvey Goldstein (published October 2016)

01/2016  Understanding the Gender Gap in Literacy and Language (PDF, 760kB) Authors: Gemma Moss and Liz Washbrook (published July 2016)