Education Market Research Insights And Findings
Survey Finds Scottish Teachers One of Hardest Workers in the World
September 2012
A global survey by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which measured how hard education professionals work, has found that Scottish teachers have one of the heaviest workloads in the world. Teachers in Scotland rate in fifth… Read more...
Research Finds Disturbing Lack of Secondary School Resources For Visually Impaired Children
July 2012
Research commissioned by the Royal National Institute of the Blind and carried out by LISU has shown a huge lack of resources for visually impaired children in secondary schools. There are 20,000 children in the UK aged 5-16 who suffer from some form of visual… Read more...
Poll of UK Teachers Finds Improvement in Pupil Behaviour
June 2012
According to a new government study which surveyed 1,600 teachers in the UK, pupil behaviour has improved compared to four years ago. A majority of three in four teachers (76%) now rate pupil behaviour as good or very good, representing a 6% rise when compared… Read more...
Market Research Finds UK Teachers Worried about Childrens Lack of Reading
June 2012
Market research carried out for publishing company Pearson, which questioned 410 secondary school English teachers in the UK, has found concern over how little pupils spend reading outside the classroom. An overwhelming majority of 94% of the UK teachers… Read more...
Market Research Finds Alarming Gaps in School Leaver Skills
June 2012
A survey of 542 companies by the CBI employers’ group and Pearson UK has found little improvement in the basic skills of school leavers over the past decade and a major lack in their education abilities. The market research saw one-third of businesses… Read more...
Survey Gives Insight into Education Gaps of Spell-Check Generation
May 2012
A survey of 2,000 UK adults commissioned by learning disability charity Mencap has shown that the frequent use of computer spell checks and auto-correct functions while writing emails and documents is giving rise to a significant portion of Britons who are… Read more...
