Support Staff Research Project
Introduction
Welcome to the webpages for the Deployment and Impact of Support Staff in Schools research project, run by the Department of Psychology and Human Development at the Institute of Education. The aim of these pages is to give an introduction to the project.
This is the first large scale study of all categories of support
staff. It is a five year study from January 2004 - April 2009, and has
obtained data on the deployment and characteristics of Support Staff,
the impact of Support Staff on pupil outcomes and teacher workloads,
and how impact is affected by school management and communication in the
school. It involves three biennial, large scale surveys that
analyse changes over time, along with more detailed analysis of the
deployment and impact of support staff, in a sub sample of schools.
The project is funded by the Department for
Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and the
Welsh Assembly Government
The most recent phase of the project (Strand 2) examines the impact of support
staff on pupil attainment in more detail. Please click
here for more information on this part of the project.
The most recent results from the second wave of the research can found on the DCSF
website. Please click
here to see further details. Also see the Results page for links to further results.