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How the centralisation of multi-academy trusts is silencing local voices in England

BERA Conference 2024 and WERA Focal Meeting

Multi-academy trusts (MATs) are charitable bodies responsible for overseeing and governing a group of schools or academies in England. Funding for MATs is delivered directly from the government...

Curriculum in a Changing World

50 think pieces on education, policy, practice, innovation & inclusion

Guest editing opportunity for Research Intelligence, issue 162

International comparative education

We know it is important, but… Head teachers’ perspectives on primary physical education

The value of Primary physical education (PE) has been a ‘hot topic’ for decades, as the subject has become awash, within the UK context, with government interest, policy and funding....

BERA Brian Simon Fund

In 2002 BERA introduced a new award named the Brian Simon Educational Research Fellowship. This award was made possible due to a gift from the family of Brian Simon, a leading post-war...

How do schools learn and improve: A case study of six schools in Pakistan

Schools are dynamic entities capable of growth and adaptation. Comparing them to living organisms, Sergiovanni (1994) underscores their inherent capacity for learning and development over time....

BERJ Early Career Reviewer Scheme: Call for mentors

The British Educational Research Journal (BERJ) is pleased to launch its Early Career Reviewer Scheme that aims to build early career researchers’ capacities in academic peer reviewing. This...

School inspection: Unconscionable acts of reason?

The use of standards and regulation to justify harmful impacts has a history in education. In this blog post we highlight the recent controversy facing the school inspectorate in England and Wales...

BERA Educational Research Book of the Year

This award celebrates the publication of educational research and is awarded to a scholarly book on education deemed to be high quality, engaging and innovative.

Stumbling upon ‘walking interviews’ with headteachers

‘Research reports often read as though the researchers knew from the start exactly what they were setting out to do and moved in a linear direction towards that end… actual research is rarely...

Review of Education: Call for ‘State-of-Play’ special issues (2024)

The editors of the Review of Education (RoE) intend to publish a number of ‘State-of-Play' (SoP) special issues during their tenure, which commenced in January 2024. They are therefore seeking...

Changing the rules of the game: The professionalisation of school governance and its implications for governor recruitment and retention

A recent National Governance Association (NGA, 2023a) report suggests that governor workload and lack of time are key contributors to the current crisis in the recruitment and retention of school...