Learning from lockdown: Experiences of autistic children and young people and their families

Covid-19, education and educational research

Research on the Covid-19 pandemic draws attention to its unequal impacts on differently positioned families, particularly highlighting the acute struggles of disadvantaged families (see for...

Teaching English when schools are closed: Experiences & lessons learned

Education & Covid-19: BERA Small Grants Fund research

Following their closure to most students in March 2020, schools in England addressed the pedagogical challenge of remote learning using approaches that varied according not only to school culture...

SENCOs, crisis planning in schools and the international problem of ‘off rolling’ or ‘grey exclusions’

Covid-19, education and educational research

In a newly published study (Done & Knowler, 2021a) we investigated the strategic leadership role of special educational needs coordinators (SENCOs) in planning for Covid-19 with particular...

Exploring the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the health & wellbeing of learners with autism

Education & Covid-19: BERA Small Grants Fund research

Documenting an explorative qualitative study involving 20 learners with autism aged 14–19 based in the West Midlands region of England, this report considers the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic...

Exclusion & the strategic leadership role of special educational needs co-ordinators in England

Education & Covid-19: BERA Small Grants Fund research

This report asks whether and how special educational needs co-ordinators (SENCOs) participated in Covid-19-induced school planning for lockdown, provision for vulnerable pupils and full school...

The experiences of autistic young people & their parents of lockdown & the reopening of schools

Education & Covid-19: BERA Small Grants Fund research

This report summarises findings of research into how families of autistic children and young people attending mainstream schools in England experienced and responded to home-schooling and...

How newly qualified teachers are coping in the time of Covid-19

Covid-19, education and educational research

Newly qualified teachers (NQTs) have arguably always had tough challenges to overcome; two in every five NQTs experience mental health problems (Education Support Network, 2018). Challenges cited...

Examining the impact of Covid-19 on children’s centres in Bristol

Education & Covid-19: BERA Small Grants Fund research

Lessons for policy, practice & promoting life chances in the early years

High standards, not high stakes

An alternative to SATs that will transform England’s testing & school accountability system in primary education & beyond

Emergency remote learning in the UK: A comparison of March 2020 and January 2021

Covid-19, education and educational research

The Covid-19 pandemic has severely impacted everyday life around the world. In the UK, lockdowns have resulted in the closure of schools to most children for two prolonged periods: March to summer...

Classical subjects in English schools: Confronting inequalities of access

Public enthusiasm for classics and ancient history is currently high thanks to a number of high-profile classicists on TV and radio: Mary Beard, Edith Hall, Natalie Haynes, Tom Holland and Bettany...

‘Why can’t I use this voucher?’ The impact of Covid-19 on access and (in)effective support of the school food voucher scheme

The Food Foundation (2020) has found since lockdown started that 5 million people in the UK living in households with children under 18 have experienced food insecurity. A minority (1.8 million)...