18th November
Blog Stories
Derbyshire’s Virtual School has the foresight and the courage to put their money and their people where their mouth is – and if anyone’s shouting out for the most vulnerable young people in our society you can be sure UFA wants to be there alongside. When Kim Johnson (AHT) and I planned a framework for
11th November
Blog Stories
Amid much talk about progress, how to assess it, how to maximise it, how to close the gaps I make sense of this hydra through the individual journeys I witness and contribute to through raising their confidence in themselves to progress beyond their (initially) limiting beliefs. In February I wrote about a cohort of
14th October
Blog Stories
As a mum of four children I have seen their confidence ebb and flow over the years. The onset of the teenage years clearly heralds the age old battle between self- doubt and confidence. You look at your children and see their strengths, their potential, their best qualities and you wonder why they aren’t more
8th March
Blog Stories
Win a UFA Peer Tutor Training programme for your school! We have been training Peer Tutors for 19 years and see its impact in school and community settings up and down the UK week in week out. We are keen to spread the word further and as part of our charitable work are offering one
29th February
Blog Stories
I have been a teacher for over a decade and one thing I have realised is that ‘being brave’ is one of the most important characteristics to have. If we are not brave and don’t take risks then we don’t push boundaries and we definitely ‘always do what we’ve always done’! Anyone who has worked in
14th January
Articles
‘Peers’ a film showcasing UFA Peer Tutoring in action at St Philip Howard School, Glossop from UFA National on Vimeo. We aren’t ones to blow our own trumpet at UFA, but we are incredible proud of this film. We are proud of ‘Peers’ because it captures the massive impact of our Peer Tutoring programme on
16th October
Latest News
The UFA team is delighted to announce the start of an exciting project in the West Midlands to track the impact of Peer Tutoring, specifically focusing on the peer tutors themselves. Funded by a donation from the Mercer’s Company Charitable Trust, the programme launched last week with two secondary and two primary schools from Walsall
21st August
Blog Stories
Our approach to training Peer Tutors is, like all of our training, underpinned by our 10 Learning Essentials. These are like the letters running through a stick of UFA rock. All of our training seeks to embody these. But for our Peer Tutor training we need another metaphor too. We often explain this process using
7th August
Blog Stories
At UFA we believe in peer tutoring, in the benefits to the school, the community, the teachers and of course to the young people involved. A great deal of research and evaluation has been carried out across the globe to measure the impact on learning, performance and on the confidence and wellbeing of all the
31st July
Blog Stories
The recent findings from two EEF randomised controlled trials looking into the impact of peer tutoring have surprised researchers and teachers alike. Both studies report no ‘positive impact on academic attainment.’ These findings are interesting, primarily because they challenge the evidence gathered thus far – but also because it’s the same team of researchers
