Institute of Education - 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-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.