The Yorkshire Post speaks to our Chairman, Sir Peter Lampl, regarding our partnership with the Institute for Effective Education.

A YORK school will receive £200,000 over the next three years to help teachers in 1,000 schools across the region to use approaches in the classroom that have been proven to work.

Huntington School, in York, is one of five new research schools across the country after winning part of £2.5m of funding from the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and the York- based Institute for Effective Education (IEE).

Huntington School, has been designated as the Research School for Yorkshire.

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Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust and of the Education Endowment Foundation, said: “Evidence of what works is one of our most useful tools in the drive to improve educational standards. The launch of Research Schools is an important step by the EEF to supporting schools to make best use of it. I’m delighted that we’ve been able to partner with the Institute for Effective Education and fund the Research Schools network.”

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