Research and analysis

Summer schools: final report

Report assessing the effectiveness of the summer school programme for secondary schools over the 2021 holiday.

From:
Department for Education
Published
31 March 2022

Applies to England

Documents

Summer schools research, final report: March 2022

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-348-6, DFE-RR1198

PDF, 678 KB, 88 pages

Details

The Department for Education (DfE) provided funding for secondary schools to establish summer schools in 2021 to help them make up for learning lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. This report assesses their effectiveness, using analysis of data including:

  • online pupil surveys, completed before and after attending summer school
  • surveys completed by participating school senior leaders in September 2021, after the summer schools were delivered
  • management information claim form data submitted by 2,755 schools participating in the programme
  • relevant findings from a DfE report, compared with the online survey findings where possible

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Published 31 March 2022

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