The Research Schools Programme in Opportunity Areas: Investigating the Impact of Research Schools in Promoting Better Outcomes in Schools

This report presents the results of an EEF-funded, independent evaluation designed to investigate the extent to which, and in what ways, Research Schools (RSs) in Opportunity Areas (OAs)1 had supported schools to enact evidence based practices in their classrooms. The evidence centred upon the lived experiences of ten OA RSs during the first three years of their designation (2018 to 2020).