Low attendance at Saturday sessions was a barrier to implementation, driven by pupil availability, variable parental engagement, and limited recruitment time¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Attendance of eligible pupils was often low and considered a barrier to successful implementation. → Menzies et al. 2016

Evidence¶

Menzies et al. 2016¶

Victoria Menzies, Adetayo Kasim, Dimitra Kokotsaki, Catherine Hewitt, Nasima Akhter, Clare Collyer, Kirsty Younger, Andy Wiggins and Carole Torgerson. (2016). Hallé SHINE on Manchester: Evaluation report and executive summary. Education Endowment Foundation. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED581134

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Process evaluation finding from the mixed-methods evaluation of Saturday school delivery across Manchester schools; the report identifies three stated causes of low attendance among eligible pupils. Further analysis taking attendance into account did not alter the overall null finding.

"Reasons for low attendance included pupils’ lack of availability to attend the Saturday sessions, variable parental engagement with the programme, and limited time at the beginning of the programme for schools to engage children and parents."

Discussion¶

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