WELCOME to the Essex site for Raising Boys' Achievement

 Narrowing the Gap in Essex Schools

Essex, like many other LAs, reflects the current national situation with boys underachieving across nearly all the national curriculum subjects.
Substantive evidence shows that there is a major problem in how to improve boys' performance and address the significant 'gender gap'. Over 50% of schools who responded to a country-wide questionnaire, recognised this challenge. What emerged was the necessity to provide a clear strategic view and practical solutions to support schools.
More about the Essex Approach

Since 2002 the Essex School Improvement and Early Years Service has channelled resources and personnel into a focused school-based action research initiative aimed at raising the achievement of boys .A selection of case studies is available on this site. Please contact us if you would like to discuss a new case study about your school's work.
Read Case Studies

In 2002-3 Essex commissioned a major research project which is archived on this site for reference. Evaluation report of the Essex raising boys achievement project case studies...read more

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