We aim to evaluate the impact of promising programmes and school - wide
approaches on both academic attainment and wider outcomes, and understand which factors support successful implementation in schools.
Not exact matches
Delegates attending the BNF conference heard from a panel of eminent scientific experts including Professor Ashley Adamson from University of Newcastle, Dr Graham Moore from University of Cardiff, Professor John Reilly of University of Strathclyde, and Professor Jeanne Goldberg from Tufts University in Massachusetts, USA, about the role and impact of a whole school
approach to nutrition; the association between breakfast consumption and education outcomes in primary schools, with particular reference to deprivation; the impact of obesity, and of physical activity,
on academic attainment; and research which points to the most effective methods of communicating about nutrition with school children.
Third, to provide an initial quantitative assessment of the
approach's impact
on academic attainment that could be used to inform any future trial.
Further research would be required to assess the level of impact the
approach has
on academic attainment.
Alongside EEF's core focus
on academic attainment, this is likely to be an area of our work that grows in future, including
approaches that support children to manage their own learning, and a wider set of «essential skills» that prepare children for success in adult life.