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Navigating ‘the bumpy road’ from research to practice: Improving the impact of research on spatial reasoning practice with young children (2025)
Journal Article
Gripton, C., Bates, K. E., Gifford, S., Gilligan-Lee, K., Williams, H. J., Borthwick, A., Williams, A. Y., Lancaster, A., & Farran, E. K. (in press). Navigating ‘the bumpy road’ from research to practice: Improving the impact of research on spatial reasoning practice with young children. Early Years, https://doi.org/10.1080/09575146.2025.2463666

Ensuring that knowledge generated through research has impact in early childhood education practice is a familiar and complex challenge. This article reports on an attempt to bridge the research-practice divide in one area of mathematics, early spati... Read More about Navigating ‘the bumpy road’ from research to practice: Improving the impact of research on spatial reasoning practice with young children.

A constant dance: a study of values-based leadership in Multi-Academy Trusts (2025)
Report
Greany, T., & Bernardes, E. (2025). A constant dance: a study of values-based leadership in Multi-Academy Trusts. Whole Education

This research explores how leaders in five Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) are working to develop their organisations in ways which enhance their ability to deliver a ‘whole education’ for both staff and students. The five case study trusts - Anglian, Li... Read More about A constant dance: a study of values-based leadership in Multi-Academy Trusts.

Forging Local Coherence: LocalEd project evaluation report (2025)
Report
Greany, T., & Cousin, S. (in press). Forging Local Coherence: LocalEd project evaluation report. Association of Education Committees

The LocalED project (2022 - 2024) was designed to test new locality models for the English school system led by local authorities, combined authorities and school led partnerships. Each of the nine localities involved focussed on one of three ‘pilot’... Read More about Forging Local Coherence: LocalEd project evaluation report.