Professor David Berridge
BSc, PhD, D.Litt, O.B.E
Current positions
Emeritus Professor
School for Policy Studies
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Research interests
Current
- The educational progress of looked after children in England: linking care and educational data
- Driving outcomes: learning to drive, resilience and young people living in residential care
Completed
- Disadvantaged adolescents and dating violence (2011)
- Evaluation of social pedagogy pilot programme in residential children's home (2011)
- Safeguarding young people from exploitation and violence in teenage 'dating' relationships (2010)
- The role of the Virtual School Head for looked after children (2009)
- Working with challenging and disruptive situations in residential child care: Sharing effective practice (2008)
- Educating difficult adolescents: An evaluation of "Quality Protects" (2007)
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
The Educational Attainment and Progress of Children in Need and Children in Care
Principal Investigator
Description
The educational attainment of Children in Care (CIC) is generally lower than other pupils and this remains cause for national, and international, concern. Our previous research (2015) examined this problem…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/09/2017 to 31/01/2020
The Educational Progress of Looked After Children in England: Linking Care and Educational Data
Principal Investigator
Description
Summary
This is a joint-research project between the University of Bristol and The Rees Centre, University of Oxford. It focuses on the reasons for the low educational attainment of children in…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/02/2014 to 01/07/2015
Driving Outcomes: Learning to Drive, Resilience and Young People Living in Residential Care
Principal Investigator
Description
Summary
This modest research project evaluated the provision of driving lessons for a small group of young people looked after by the local authority (‘in care’) and living in residential homes…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/07/2013 to 01/01/2014
Peer violence in foster and residential care
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Peer violence in looked after populations can have a highly detrimental impact on young people’s welfare and outcomes. A small number of studies and inquiries provide limited evidence regarding residential…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/03/2011 to 01/12/2011
Evauation of social pedagogy pilot programe in residential children's home
Principal Investigator
Description
This project is now concluded and research reports are contained on the Department for Education website (see links).Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/09/2009 to 01/11/2011
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
27/04/2020Children in Need and Children in Care: Educational Attainment and Progress
The education of children in care and children in need
Child and Family Social Work
Children in care or in need
Oxford Review of Education
The role of the Virtual School in supporting improved educational outcomes for children in care
Oxford Review of Education
The educational progress of young people in out-of-home care
Developing Practice: The Child, Youth and Family Work Journal
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School for Policy Studies