The ThinkForward pilot cost £2426.50 per pupil per year, high compared with other interventions¶

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q2 i? ThinkForward costs were high relative to other interventions at £2426.50 per pupil per year during the pilot, though costs have since been reduced. → Demack et al. 2016

Evidence¶

Demack et al. 2016¶

Sean Demack, Colin McCaig, Claire Wolstenholme, Anna Stevens and Laura Fumagalli. (2016). ThinkForward: Evaluation report and executive summary. Education Endowment Foundation. https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/evaluation/projects/think-forward

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Cost analysis reported in the executive summary. The report adds that costs have since been reduced, schools often do not pay for the entire intervention themselves, but the high cost could make recruiting schools to a large school-level trial expensive.

"The costs of ThinkForward are high in comparison to other interventions, with a cost of £2426.50 per pupil per year during the pilot."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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• The ThinkForward approach was not ready for a large school-level randomised controlled trial — related
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