Playing for Success

Playing for Success is a national initiative aimed at helping underachieving pupils. It has demonstrated substantial improvements in achievement. The NFER has been responsible for the national evaluation for its first four years (1998-2002).

Playing for Success | The Double Club Evaluation

  
Publications

Sharp, C., Chamberlain, T., Morrison, J. and Filmer-Sankey, C. (2007). Playing for Success: an Evaluation of its Long Term Impact (DfES Research Report 844). London: DfES. See Report

Sharp, C., Mawson, C., Pocklington, K., Kendall, L. and Morrison, J. (1999). Playing for Success: an Evaluation of the First Year (DfEE Research Report 167). London: DfEE. Research brief.

Sharp, C., Kendall, L., Bhabra, S., Schagen, I. and Duff, J. (2001). Playing for Success: an Evaluation of the Second Year (DfES Research Report 291). London: DfES. See Report

Sharp, C., Blackmore, J., Kendall, L., Schagen, I., Mason, K. and O’Connor, K. (2002). Playing for Success: an Evaluation of the Third Year (DfES Research Report 337). London: DfES. See Report.

Sharp, C., Blackmore, J., Kendall, L., Greene, K., Keys, W., Macauley, A., Schagen, I. and Yeshanew, T. (2003). Playing for Success: an Evaluation of the Fourth Year (DfES Research Report 402). London: DfES. See summary and report.

Sharp, C., Schagen, I. and Scott, E. (2004). Playing for Success: the Longer Term Impact. A Multilevel Analysis (DfES Research Report 593). London: DfES.

Journal Articles

Schagen, I., Kendall, L. and Sharp, C. (2002). Measuring the success of 'Playing for Success’, Educational Research, 44, 3, 255-67.

Sharp, C., Kendall, L. and Schagen, I. (2003). Different for girls? An exploration of the impact of 'Playing for Success’, Educational Research, 45, 3, 309-24.

Conference Paper

Sharp, C., Kendall, L. and Schagen, I. (2001). Different for Girls? An Exploration of the Impact of Playing for Success. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association, Leeds University, 14 September.