New edition of EEF guidance on effective implementation

English schools are some of the most research engaged in the world. But effective implementation is needed to turn that engagement into actual changes in practices and pupil outcomes, including crucially, for pupils experiencing socio-economic disadvantage.

The EEF’s new edition of their guidance on effective implementation is designed to help bridge that gap. It aims to support school leaders in implementing change in the most effective way, so that it has the best possible chance of succeeding.

It builds on the recommendations of the existing guidance report by incorporating lessons learnt from a new evidence review. If the key message in the previous guidance was to ​‘treat implementation as a process’; this update unpacks how to do implementation well. It emphasises that implementation is fundamentally a collaborative and social process driven by how people think, behave, and interact.