Three things we've learned from the independent evaluation of our Accelerator Fund activity

This activity, supported by the Department for Education’s Accelerator Fund, focused on three areas that were particularly impacted by the pandemic: the North of England, East Midlands and Humber, and the West Midlands.

As part of delivery, education settings across all ages and phases were invited to take part in EEF trials of high potential English and maths programmes, deliver initiatives with a proven record of improving outcomes at a reduced cost, and support the development of brand-new approaches.

We commissioned a team of independent researchers from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) and the Sheffield Institute of Education (SIoE) at Sheffield Hallam University to evaluate this work.