Information for schools
Please refer to the timetable below for an easy step-by-step guide to what taking part in this evaluation involves:
Step
|
Completion date
|
Activity
|
Who
|
1
|
30th March
2018
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Send parental consent letter and opt-out form no later than March 30th
|
All schools
|
3
|
27th April
2018
|
Schools to complete pupil information upload form by April 27th
|
All schools
|
3
|
27th April
2018
|
Teachers to complete the teacher survey (beginning of SDI) by April 27th
|
All schools
|
4
|
27th April
2018
|
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to be signed and returned by April 27th
|
All schools
|
5
|
21st - 25th May 2018
|
Random allocation announced (treatment and control schools announced)
|
All schools
|
6
|
5th, 12th or 19th June
|
Year 5 teachers and head teachers in treatment schools attend one of three Open Classrooms
|
Treatment schools
|
7
|
Day 1:26th June
Day 2:10th July
|
Year 5 teachers in treatment schools attend two training days
|
Treatment schools
|
8
|
September 2018 – March 2019
|
Follow-on support from Outwood Institute of Education
|
Treatment schools
|
9
|
September 2018- July 2019
|
Delivery of SDI in treatment schools
|
Treatment schools
|
10
|
Spring term 2019
|
Case studies in nine treatment schools
|
Nine treatment schools
|
11
|
Spring term 2019
|
Telephone interviews with five control schools
|
Five control schools
|
12
|
June 2019
|
Teacher survey (end of SDI)
|
All schools
|
Get in touch
If you'd like more information about the trial or how it might work in your school, please email the team on sameday@natcen.ac.uk or call free of charge on 0808 169 5668.
If you would like further information about the original intervention, you can also email the Outwood Institute of Education at oie@outwood.com.