Education Market Research Insights And Findings
10 per cent of children are obese by the time they start primary education, figures show
March 2015
Figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre have shown that 10 per cent of children are obese by the time they start primary school, and 20 per cent are obese by the time they leave primary education five years later. Obesity experts have warned… Read more...
A quarter of teachers refused a salary increase, market research discovers
January 2015
A recent survey of 5,000 teachers, by the NUT teaching union, has revealed that as a result of a new and controversial pay-by-performance scheme, over 25% of teachers are being denied a pay rise. Despite the Department for Education’s call for a ‘no… Read more...
Teachers worry their pupils know more about computing than they do
January 2015
A recent poll, commissioned by Microsoft and subject association, Computing at School, has discovered that two in three teachers are concerned that their pupils are more knowledgeable about computing than they are. The survey also uncovered that over 80 per… Read more...
One in three undergraduate females experienced sexual assault at university
January 2015
A new study has found that a third of female undergraduates in the UK have experienced some form of unwanted sexual advances, while studying towards an undergraduate degree at university. The findings of the study were published in the wake of the government’s… Read more...
More than 1 in 6 boys use text message language at school, research finds
December 2014
A recent study of 30,000 children, who were between 8 and 16 and attending school, has shown that more than 1 in 6 primary school boysare using text message abbreviations in the classroom. Some of the most common slang used in primary schools are: “lol”,… Read more...
Research shows that over 30 per cent of children feel at risk when they’re at school
November 2014
Findings from a recent BullyingUK survey has shown that bullying is still a problem for children, as 30% of those polled claim that they do not feel safe whilst they’re at school. Findings from the survey show that instances of bullying usually happen at… Read more...
