Education support research
Research on education support, including our CRIDE reports, notes on government figures on data attainment, and more.
Consortium for Research in Deaf Education (CRIDE) reports
CRIDE is a consortium that brings together a range of organisations and individuals with a common interest in using research to improve the educational outcomes achieved by deaf children.
It produces reports based on its annual surveys of educational staffing and service provision for deaf children. These reports are intended for heads of services, policy makers in local and central government and anyone with an interest in deaf education.
Note on data on the attainment of deaf children in England 2024
This note is intended for anyone with an interest in what government figures show on the attainment of deaf children in Early Learning Goals, Year 1 Phonics Screening, Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check, Key Stage 2 SATs and GCSEs in England in 2024.
Briefing on Scottish government attainment and leavers destinations data (2023)
Briefing includes context and annual data.
Briefing on Scottish government attainment and leavers destinations data (2019)
Briefing includes summary, background, statistics in context, and attainment data.
Note on Welsh Government attainment data (2016 to 2019)
Briefing includes summary, background and attainment data.
The educational outcomes of deaf children in England
In partnership with the Education Policy Institute (EPI), we produced a report on the attainment of school-aged deaf children between 2011 and 2019.
Assistive listening devices at home (2022)
This study by the University of Edinburgh is a small piece of research to establish how assistive listening devices are being used at home, especially in relation to home learning during the coronavirus pandemic, as well as in the wider community.
Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL) Research briefing on executive functioning (2017)
DCAL have produced a short briefing about how deaf children can sometimes struggle with their executive functioning (or their 'mental control') and outline some simple ideas for parents and professionals looking to support deaf children in this area.
Ear Foundation: Mild/moderate hearing loss (2015)
This research explores the experiences and views of children and young people with mild or moderate hearing loss from the viewpoints of parents and teachers.
Association of Noise Consultants: Impact of improved acoustics (2012)
This controlled study looks at the impact that improved listening environments has on deaf pupils' learning within Sweyne Park school in Essex and identifies a number of other positive benefits for all pupils and teachers.
University of Oxford: Family-School Partnership to Promote Deaf Children’s Literacy (2009)
The purpose of this research is to promote deaf children’s literacy through, for example, developing new evidence-based resources and educational games for use by deaf children, their teachers and families. The University of Oxford website has more information about the research.
The research has been used to develop two new evidence-based interventions for education professionals:
- Literacy programme
- Improving children’s working memory project (Department of Education at Oxford University website)
University of Edinburgh: Impact of ASL Act for Deaf Pupils in Scotland (2009)
This research seeks to assess the impact that the Additional Support for Learning (Scotland) Act 2004 has had on educational provision for deaf children.