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The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has opened applications for its latest round of funding to support educational programmes across England.
EEF, a national charity dedicated to improving outcomes for disadvantaged children, is inviting proposals from organisations that can design and deliver projects in schools, colleges, and early years settings. The focus is on identifying and evaluating approaches that raise attainment and close the gap for young people from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
The aim of the EEF funding rounds is to grow the evidence base of “what works” in education and ensure the findings are widely accessible to schools.
This funding round aims to generate evidence for:
- attendance and GCSE resits in the 16–19 phase;
- self-regulation and executive function in the early years;
- teacher recruitment and retention through leadership programmes;
- and research evidence mobilisation, with particular emphasis on helping school leaders use evidence in decision-making.
EEF awards both small, targeted grants for pilot projects and larger support for initiatives ready for full-scale evaluation
The EEF does not have a set minimum or maximum size of grant that we award. Past EEF grants have ranged from £90,000 to £1.5m.
Applications are open to organisations capable of operating within England’s educational system, including schools, multi-academy trusts, nurseries, colleges, and non-profit delivery partners.
The closing date for applications is 11am on 5 November 2025.
Recent projects funded by the EEF included:
Stop and Think: Learning Counterintuitive Concepts
This project used 30 short software-based lessons to help pupils overcome misleading responses in maths and science. Trialled in 89 schools with 6,672 pupils, it received about £1 million and was tested under an efficacy trial.
Magic Breakfast
EEF and the Department for Education funded free breakfast clubs in 106 schools for disadvantaged pupils. Involving 8,600 children, the trial showed Year 2 pupils made two months’ extra progress compared to those without clubs.
11 New Research Projects (2025 round in maths, writing, language)
In a recent round, EEF launched 11 new trials in areas such as peer coaching in secondary maths and professional development for early years teachers in early maths & writing. Around 1,500 schools and settings across England will participate, and the projects will be independently evaluated for impact
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