Tamsin Chamberlain
BSc
Senior Research Officer
t.chamberlain@nfer.ac.uk
+44(0)1753 637293

Tamsin is a Senior Research Officer in the Research, Evaluation and Information Department, working on a range of projects involving both quantitative and qualitative research methods. Areas of research principally focus on: children’s services and the Every Child Matters agenda, school admissions, and children in public care. Current projects include: consultations with children, young people and parents/carers for local authorities, to inform the development of their Children and Young People’s Plans; the evaluation of the special educational needs regional partnerships; and research around school admissions.



Education policy, Partnerships, Social inclusion, Change for children

Children in public care.

Fletcher-Campbell, F., Whitby, K., White, K., and Chamberlain, T. (2007). Review of International Literature on Admissions: Literature Review. Reading: CfBT Education Trust [online].

Chamberlain, T., Rutt, S. and Fletcher-Campbell, F. (2006). Admissions: Who Goes Where? Messages from the Statistics (LGA Research Report 4/06) [online]. Available: /publications/pdfs/downloadable/adm.pdf [6 October, 2006].

Archer, T. and Fletcher-Campbell, F. (2005). Admissions/Place Planning Probe (LGA Research Report 10/05). [online]. Available http//www.nfer.ac.uk/publications/pdfs/APPreport.pdf [5 July, 2005].

Benefield, P., Chamberlain, T. and Easton, C. (2005). ‘New Change for Children research area launched’, NFER News, Winter, 19. [online]

Wilkin, A., Archer, T., Ridley, K., Fletcher-Campbell, F. and Kinder, K. (2005). Admissions and Exclusions of Pupils with Special Educational Needs (DfES Research Report 608). London: DfES.

Archer, T., Filmer-Sankey, C. and Fletcher-Campbell, F. (2004). ‘Strategies to support school phobics and school refusers’, TOPIC, 32, 19-23.

Archer, T., Filmer-Sankey, C. and Fletcher-Campbell, F. (2003). School Phobia and School Refusal: Research into Causes and Remedies (LGA Research Report 46). Slough: NFER.

Archer, T. and Kendall, L. (2003). ‘Annual survey of trends in education: headteachers’ views on participating in research’, NFER News, Autumn/Winter, 8. [online]

Archer, T., Macaulay, A. and Kendall, L. (2003). Primary School Headteachers’ Views on Participating in Research (Annual Survey of Trends in Education Digest No.15). Slough: NFER.

Edmonds, S., Archer, T., Macaulay, A. and Kendall, L. (2003). Evaluation of the 2002 DfES/Sutton Trust FE2HE Summer Schools

Fletcher-Campbell, F. and Archer, T. (2003). Achievement at Key Stage 4 of Young People in Public Care (DfES Research Report 434). London: DfES.

Fletcher-Campbell, F., Archer, T. and Tomlinson, K. (2003). The Role of the School in Supporting the Education of Children in Public Care (DfES Research Report 498). London: DfES.

Macaulay, A., Archer, T. and Kendall, L. (2003). Headteachers’ Main Concerns (Annual Survey of Trends in Education Digest No.14). Slough: NFER.

Archer, T., Fletcher-Campbell, F. and KENDALL, L. (2002). Pupils with SEN in Mainstream Primary Schools (Annual Survey of Trends in Education, Digest No.13). Slough: NFER.

Archer, T. and Kendall, L. (2002). Headteachers’ Main Concerns (Annual Survey of Trends in Education, Digest No.12). Slough: NFER.