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-December 2008 that
will obtain 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 will involve three biennial, large scale surveys that will
analyse change 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
We are currently recruiting schools to take part in Strand 2 of the project which
will examine the impact of support staff on pupil attainment in more detail. To participate
or for more information about what is involved, please click
here.
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.
Support Staff Research Project