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The interim reports include the 30 research surveys commissioned from external consultants, together with a report on one of the Review’s two main consultation exercises: the community soundings (87 witness sessions with teachers, heads, parents, children and a wide range of community representatives, held in different parts of the country during 2007).

The list below starts with the community soundings report, which was written by the Review team. Then follow the 30 research surveys commissioned from the Review’s consultants. They are arranged by Review theme, not by the order of their publication. Report titles may be subject to minor amendment.

Once published, the interim reports, together with briefings summarising their findings, may be downloaded from this website. Click here to download the interim reports and briefings released so far.

REPORTS ON PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS
1. Community Soundings: report on the Primary Review regional witness sessions (Robin Alexander and Linda Hargreaves)

PURPOSES AND VALUES
2. Aims as policy in English primary education. Research survey 1/1 (John White)
3. Aims and values in primary education: England and other countries. Research survey 1/2 (Maha Shuayb and Sharon O’Donnell)
4. Aims for primary education: the changing national context. Research survey 1/3 (Stephen Machin and Sandra McNally)
5. Aims for primary education: changing global contexts. Research survey 1/4 (Hugh Lauder, John Lowe and Rita Chawla-Duggan)

LEARNING AND TEACHING
6. Children’s cognitive development and learning. Research survey 2/1a (Usha Goswami and Peter Bryant)
7. Children’s social development, peer interaction and classroom learning. Research survey 2/1b (Christine Howe and Neil Mercer)
8. Teaching in primary schools. Research survey 2/2 (Robin Alexander and Maurice Galton)
9. Learning and teaching in primary schools: evidence from TLRP. Research survey 2/4 (Mary James and Andrew Pollard)

CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT
10. Curriculum and assessment policy: England and other countries. Research survey 3/1 (Kathy Hall and Kamil Øzerk)
11. The trajectory and impact of national reform: curriculum and assessment in English primary schools. Research survey 3/2 (Dominic Wyse, Elaine McCreery and Harry Torrance)
12. Primary curriculum futures. Research survey 3/3 (James Conroy and Ian Menter)
13. The quality of learning: assessment alternatives for primary education. Research survey 3/4 (Wynne Harlen)

QUALITY AND STANDARDS
14. Standards and quality in English primary schools over time: the national evidence. Research survey 4/1 (Peter Tymms and Christine Merrell)
15. Standards in English primary education: the international evidence. Research survey 4/2 (Chris Whetton, Graham Ruddock and Liz Twist)
16. Quality assurance in English primary education. Research survey 4/3 (Peter Cunningham and Philip Raymont)

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
17. Children in primary education: demography, culture, diversity and inclusion. Research survey 5/1 (Mel Ainscow, Alan Dyson, Francis Gallanaugh and Jean Conteh)
18. Learning needs and difficulties among children of primary school age: definition, identification, provision and issues. Research survey 5/2 (Harry Daniels and Jill Porter)
19. Children and their primary schools: pupils' voices. Research survey 5/3 (Carol Robinson and Michael Fielding)

SETTINGS AND PROFESSIONALS
20. Primary schools: the built environment. Research survey 6/1 (Karl Wall, Julie Dockrell and Nick Peacey)
21. Primary schools: the professional environment. Research survey 6/2 (Ian Stronach, Andy Pickard and Elizabeth Jones)
22. Primary teachers: initial teacher education, continuing professional development and school leadership development. Research survey 6/3 (Olwen McNamara, Rosemary Webb and Mark Brundrett)
23. Primary workforce management and reform. Research survey 6/4 (Hilary Burgess)

PARENTING, CARING AND EDUCATING
24. Parenting, caring and educating. Research survey 7/1 (Yolande Muschamp, Felicity Wikeley, Tess Ridge and Maria Balarin)

BEYOND THE SCHOOL
25. Children’s lives outside school and their educational impact. Research survey 8/1 (Berry Mayall)
26. Primary schools and other agencies. Research survey 8/2 (Ian Barron, Rachel Holmes, Maggie MacLure and Katherine Runswick-Cole)

STRUCTURES AND PHASES
27. The structure of primary education: England and other countries. Research survey 9/1 (Anna Riggall and Caroline Sharp)
28. School level structures, pupil grouping and transition. Research survey 9/2 (Peter Blatchford, Susan Hallam, Judith Ireson, Peter Kutnick and Andrea Creech)

FUNDING AND GOVERNANCE
29. The funding of English primary education. Research survey 10/1 (Philip Noden and Anne West)
30. The governance and administration of English primary education. Research survey 10/2 (Maria Balarin and Hugh Lauder).

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Click here to download the interim reports and briefings released so far.

Click here to view all of the briefings available, and download those of your choice.

Click here to view all of the interim report press releases available.

You can access the Primary Review interim reports from this page once they are published. Each report is accompanied by a short briefing, and for each group of reports published together there is an overview briefing and a press release.

May 16, 2008
Learning and Teaching in Primary Schools: processes and contexts
Press release: Teaching matters: the last three interim reports from the Primary Review start the countdown to the final report

Overview briefing document: Learning and Teaching in Primary Schools: processes and contexts

i) Research Survey 2/4: Learning and Teaching in Primary Schools: insights from TLRP (Mary James and Andrew Pollard)
2/4 briefing
2/4 report

ii) Research Survey 6/1: Primary Schools: the built environment (Karl Wall, Julie Dockrell and Nick Peacey)
6/1 briefing
6/1 report

iii) Research Suvey 9/2: Classes, Groups and Transitions: structures for teaching and learning (Peter Blatchford, Susan Hallam, Judith Ireson and Peter Kutnick, with Andrea Creech)
9/2 briefing
9/2 report

April 18, 2008
Primary Teachers: training, development, leadership and workforce reform
Press release: Changing times, changing teachers: the Primary Review reports on a profession in transition

Overview briefing document: Primary Teachers: training, development, leadership and workforce reform

i) Research Survey 6/2: Primary Schools: the professional environment (Liz Jones, Andy Pickard and Ian Stronach)
6/2 briefing
6/2 report

ii) Research Survey 6/3: Primary Teachers: initial teacher education, continuing professional development and school leadership development (Olwen McNamara, Rosemary Webb and Mark Brundrett)
6/3 briefing
6/3 report

iii) Research Survey 6/4: Primary Workforce Management and Reform (Hilary Burgess)
6/4 briefing
6/4 report

February 29, 2008
Governance, Funding, Reform and Quality Assurance: policy frameworks for English primary education
Press release: Governing, funding and reforming primary education: four more research reports from the Primary Review

Overview briefing document: Governance, Funding, Reform and Quality Assurance: policy frameworks for English primary education

i) Research Survey 3/2: The Trajectory and Impact of National Reform: curriculum and assessment in English primary schools (Dominic Wyse, Elaine McCreery and Harry Torrance)
3/2 briefing
3/2 report

ii) Research Survey 4/3: Quality Assurance in English Primary Education (Peter Cunningham and Philip Raymont)
4/3 briefing
4/3 report

iii) Research Survey 10/1: The Funding of English Primary Education (Philip Noden and Anne West)
10/1 briefing
10/1 report

iv) Research Survey 10/2: The Governance and Administration of English Primary Education (Maria Balarin and Hugh Lauder)
10/2 briefing
10/2 report

February 8, 2008
The Structure and Content of English Primary Education: international perspectives
Press release: Other primary schools and ours: what can we learn from international comparison?

Overview briefing document: The Structure and Content of English Primary Education: international perspectives

i) Research Survey 9/1: The Structure of Primary Education: England and other countries (Anna Riggall and Caroline Sharp)
9/1 briefing
9/1 report

ii) Research Survey 3/1: Primary Curriculum and Assessment: England and other countries (Kathy Hall and Kamil Øzerk)
3/1 briefing
3/1 report

iii) Research Survey 3/3: Primary Curriculum Futures (James Conroy, Moira Hulme and Ian Menter)
3/3 briefing
3/3 report

January 18, 2008
Aims and Values in Primary Education: national and international perspectives
Press release: What is primary education for? Fundamental questions from the Primary Review's latest research reports

Overview briefing document: Aims and Values in Primary Education

i) Research Survey 1/1: Aims as Policy in English Primary Education (John White)
1/1 briefing
1/1 report

ii)Research Survey 1/2: Aims and Values in Primary Education: England and other countries (Maha Shuayb and Sharon O'Donnell)
1/2 briefing
1/2 report

i) Research Survey 1/3: Aims for Primary Education: the changing national context (Stephen Machin and Sandra McNally)
1/3 briefing
1/3 report

i) Research Survey 1/4: Aims for Primary Education: changing global contexts (Hugh Lauder, John Lowe and Rita Chawla-Duggan)
1/4 briefing
1/4 report

December 14, 2007
Children in Primary Schools: research on development, learning, diversity and educational needs
Press release: Latest Primary Review research surveys question assumptions about how young children think and learn; and how their specific needs are identified and met

Overview briefing document: Children in Primary Schools

i) Research Survey 2/1a: Children's Cognitive Development and Learning (Usha Goswami and Peter Bryant)
2/1a briefing
2/1a report

ii) Research Survey 2/1b: Children's Social Development, Peer Interaction and Classroom Learning (Christine Howe and Neil Mercer)
2/1b briefing
2/1b report

iii) Research Survey 5/1: Children in Primary Education: demography, culture, diversity and inclusion (Mel Ainscow, Jean Conteh, Alan Dyson and Frances Gallanaugh)
5/1 briefing
5/1 report

iv) Research Survey 5/2: Learning Needs and Difficulties Among Children of Primary School Age: definition, identification, provision and issues (Harry Daniels and Jill Porter)
5/2 briefing
5/2 report

November 23, 2007
Children's Lives and Voices: research on children at home and school
Press release: Striking the Balance: Support vulnerable children and families and tackle childhood poverty, but listen to children and don't take over their lives

Overview briefing document: Children's Lives and Voices.

i) Research Survey 5/3: Children and their Primary Schools: pupils' voices (Carol Robinson and Michael Fielding)
5/3 briefing
5/3 report

ii) Research Survey 7/1: Parenting, Caring and Educating (Yolande Muschamp, Felicity Wikeley, Tess Ridge and Maria Balarin)
7/1 briefing
7/1 report

iii) Research Survey 8/1: Children's Lives Outside School and their Educational Impact (Berry Mayall)
8/1 briefing
8/1 report

iv) Research Survey 8/2: Primary Schools and Other Agencies (Ian Barron, Rachel Holmes, Maggie MacLure and Katherine Runswick-Cole)
8/2 briefing
8/2 report

November 2, 2007 
How well are we doing? Research on standards, quality and assessment in English primary education
Press release: Further questions about standards and testing from the Primary Review

Overview briefing document: How well are we doing?

i) Research Survey 3/4: The quality of learning: assessment alternatives for primary education (Wynne Harlen)
3/4 briefing
3/4 report

ii) Research Survey 4/1: Standards and quality in English primary schools over time: the national evidence (Peter Tymms and Christine Merrell)
4/1 briefing
4/1 report

iii) Research Survey 4/2: Standards in English primary education: the international evidence (Chris Whetton, Graham Ruddock and Liz Twist)
4/2 briefing
4/2 report

October 12, 2007
Community Soundings: the Primary Review regional witness sessions
Community Soundings press release: Taking the Educational Temperature
Community Soundings briefing
Community Soundings report



The interim reports, which are being released in stages from October 2007, include the 30 research surveys commissioned from external consultants together with reports on the Review’s two main consultation exercises: the community soundings (87 witness sessions with teachers, heads, parents, children and a wide range of community representatives, held in different parts of the country during 2007) and the submissions received from large numbers of organisations and individuals in response to the invitation issued when the Review was launched in October 2006. (Please note that minor amendments may be made to the electronic version of reports after the hard copies have been printed)

Please continue to check this website and the press for updates of releases. 
Click here to ask to be informed by the Primary Review when further reports are released.

We want these interim reports both to provide information and to provoke discussion which can be fed back into the Review. We would therefore be glad to hear what you think about the issues raised. Please contact the Review's Administrator with your views on these reports. We stress that these reports are interim rather than final, and that they arise from some but not all of the Review’s various strands of evidence.

On this page you can find the briefings to each report released to date.

(16.05.08) Learning and Teaching in Primary Schools: processes and contexts briefings:

• Overview briefing document: Learning and Teaching in Primary Schools: processes and contexts
  
  
• 2/4 - Learning and Teaching in Primary Schools: insights from TLRP (Mary James and Andrew Pollard)
  
  
• 6/1 - Primary Schools: the built environment (Karl Wall, Julie Dockrell and Nick Peacey)
  
  
• 9/2 - Classes, Groups and Transitions: structures for teaching and learning (Peter Blatchford, Susan Hallam, Judith Ireson and Peter Kutnick, with Andrea Creech)

(18.04.08) Primary Teachers: training, development, leadership and workforce reform briefings:

• Overview briefing document: Primary Teachers: training, development, leadership and workforce reform
  
  
• 6/2 - Primary Schools: the professional environment (Liz Jones, Andy Pickard and Ian Stronach)
  
  
• 6/3:Primary Teachers: initial teacher education, continuing professional development and school leadership development (Olwen McNamara, Rosemary Webb and Mark Brundrett)
  
  
• 6/4: Primary Workforce Management and Reform (Hilary Burgess)

(29.02.08) Governance, Funding, Reform and Quality Assurance: policy frameworks for English primary education briefings:

• Overview briefing document: Governance, Funding, Reform and Quality Assurance: policy frameworks for English primary education
  
  
• 3/2 - The Trajectory and Impact of National Reform: curriculum and assessment in English primary schools (Dominic Wyse, Elaine McCreery and Harry Torrance)
  
  
• 4/3 - Quality Assurance in English Primary Education (Peter Cunningham and Philip Raymont)
  
  
• 10/1 - The Funding of English Primary Education (Philip Noden and Anne West)
  
  
• 10/2 - The Governance and Administration of English Primary Education (Maria Balarin and Hugh Lauder)
  

(08.02.08) The Structure and Content of English Primary Education: international perspectives briefings:

• Overview briefing document: The Structure and Content of English Primary Education: international perspectives
  
  
• 9/1 - The Structure of Primary Education: England and other countries (Anna Riggall and Caroline Sharp)
  
  
• 3/1 - Primary Curriculum and Assessment: England and other countries (Kathy Hall and Kamil Øzerk)
  
  
• 3/3 - Primary Curriculum Futures (James Conroy, Moira Hulme and Ian Menter)

(18.01.08) Aims and Values in Primary Education: national and international perspectives briefings:

• Overview briefing document: Aims and Values in Primary Education
  
  
• 1/1 - Aims as Policy in English Primary Education (John White)
  
  
• 1/2 - Aims and Values in Primary Education: England and other countries (Maha Shuayb and Sharon O'Donnell)
  
  
• 1/3 - Aims for Primary Education: the changing national context (Stephen Machin and Sandra McNally)
  
  
• 1/4 - Aims for Primary Education: changing global contexts (Hugh Lauder, John Lowe and Rita Chawla-Duggan)

(14.12.07) Children in Primary Schools: research on development, learning, diversity and educational needs briefings:

• Overview briefing document: Children in Primary Schools
  
  
• 2/1a - Children's Cognitive Development and Learning (Usha Goswami and Peter Bryant)
  
  
• 2/1b - Children's Social Development, Peer Interaction and Classroom Learning (Christine Howe and Neil Mercer)
  
  
• 5/1 - Children in Primary Education: demography, culture, diversity and inclusion (Mel Ainscow, Jean Conteh, Alan Dyson and Frances Gallanaugh)
  
  
• 5/2 - Learning Needs and Difficulties Among Children of Primary School Age: definition, identification, provision and issues (Harry Daniels and Jill Porter)

(23.11.07) Children's Lives and Voices: research on children at home and school briefings:

• Overview briefing: Children's Lives and Voices.
  
  
• 5/3 - Children and their Primary Schools: pupils' voices (Carol Robinson and Michael Fielding)
  
  
• 7/1 - Parenting, Caring and Educating (Yolande Muschamp, Felicity Wikeley, Tess Ridge and Maria Balarin)
  
  
• 8/1 - Children's Lives Outside School and their Educational Impact (Berry Mayall)
  
  
• 8/2 - Primary Schools and Other Agencies (Ian Barron, Rachel Holmes, Maggie MacLure and Katherine Runswick-Cole)
  

(2.11.07) How well are we doing? Research on standards, quality and assessment in English primary education briefings:

• Overview briefing: How well are we doing? Research on standards, quality and assessment in English primary education
  
  
• 3/4 - The quality of learning: assessment alternatives for primary education (Wynne Harlen)
  
  
• 4/1 - Standards and quality in English primary schools over time: the national evidence (Peter Tymms and Christine Merrell)
  
• 4/2 - Standards in English primary education: the international evidence (Chris Whetton, Graham Ruddock and Liz Twist)

(12.10.07)Community Soundings: the Primary Review regional witness sessions briefing.

On this page you can find the press release to each interim report released to date.

(16.05.08) Learning and Teaching in Primary Schools: processes and contexts
Covers the release of a group of three interim reports consisting of:
i) Research Survey 2/4: Learning and Teaching in Primary Schools: insights from TLRP (Mary James and Andrew Pollard)
ii) Research Survey 6/1: Primary Schools: the built environment (Karl Wall, Julie Dockrell and Nick Peacey)
iii) Research Suvey 9/2: Classes, Groups and Transitions: structures for teaching and learning (Peter Blatchford, Susan Hallam, Judith Ireson and Peter Kutnick, with Andrea Creech)

(18.04.08) Primary Teachers: training, development, leadership and workforce reform
Covers the release of a group of three interim reports consisting of:
i) Research Survey 6/2: Primary Schools: the professional environment (Liz Jones, Andy Pickard and Ian Stronach)
ii) Research Survey 6/3: Primary Teachers: initial teacher education, continuing professional development and school leadership development (Olwen McNamara, Rosemary Webb and Mark Brundrett)
iii) Research Survey 6/4: Primary Workforce Management and Reform (Hilary Burgess)

(29.02.08) - Governing, funding and reforming primary education: four more research reports from the Primary Review
Covers the release of a group of four interim reports consisting of:
i) Research Survey 3/2: The Trajectory and Impact of National Reform: curriculum and assessment in English primary schools (Dominic Wyse, Elaine McCreery and Harry Torrance)
ii) Research Survey 4/3: Quality Assurance in English Primary Education (Peter Cunningham and Philip Raymont)
iii) Research Survey 10/1: The Funding of English Primary Education (Philip Noden and Anne West)
iv) Research Survey 10/2: The Governance and Administration of English Primary Education (Maria Balarin and Hugh Lauder)

(08.02.08) - Other primary schools and ours: what can we learn from international comparison?
Covers the release of a group of three interim reports consisting of:
i) Research Survey 9/1: The Structure of Primary Education: England and other countries (Anna Riggall and Caroline Sharp)
ii) Research Survey 3/1: Primary Curriculum and Assessment: England and other countries (Kathy Hall and Kamil Øzerk)
iii) Research Survey 3/3: Primary Curriculum Futures (James Conroy, Moira Hulme and Ian Menter)

(18.01.08) - What is primary education for? Fundamental questions from the Primary Review's latest research reports
A group of four interim reports consisting of:
i) Research Survey 1/1: Aims as Policy in English Primary Education (John White)
i) Research Survey 1/2: Aims and Values in Primary Education: England and other countries (Maha Shuayb and Sharon O'Donnell)
i) Research Survey 1/3: Aims for Primary Education: the changing national context (Stephen Machin and Sandra McNally)
i) Research Survey 1/4: Aims for Primary Education: changing global contexts (Hugh Lauder, John Lowe and Rita Chawla-Duggan)

(14.12.07) - Latest Primary Review research surveys question assumptions about how young children think and learn; and how their specific needs are identified and met
A group of four interim reports consisting of:
i) Research Survey 2/1a: Children's Cognitive Development and Learning (Usha Goswami and Peter Bryant)
ii) Research Survey 2/1b: Children's Social Development, Peer Interaction and Classroom Learning (Christine Howe and Neil Mercer)
iii) Research Survey 5/1: Children in Primary Education: demography, culture, diversity and inclusion (Mel Ainscow, Jean Conteh, Alan Dyson and Frances Gallanaugh)
iv) Research Survey 5/2: Learning Needs and Difficulties Among Children of Primary School Age: definition, identification, provision and issues (Harry Daniels and Jill Porter)

(23.11.07) - Striking the Balance: support vulnerable children and families and tackle childhood poverty, but listen to children and don't take over their lives.
A group of four interim reports consisting of:
i) Research Survey 5/3: Children and their Primary Schools: pupils' voices (Carol Robinson and Michael Fielding)
ii) Research Survey 7/1: Parenting, Caring and Educating (Yolande Muschamp, Felicity Wikeley, Tess Ridge and Maria Balarin)
iii) Research Survey 8/1: Children's Lives Outside School and their Educational Impact (Berry Mayall)
iv) Research Survey 8/2: Primary Schools and Other Agencies (Ian Barron, Rachel Holmes, Maggie MacLure and Katherine Runswick-Cole)

(2.11.07) - Further questions about standards and testing from the Primary Review
A group of three interim reports consisting of:
i) Research Survey 3/4: The quality of learning: assessment alternatives for primary education (Wynne Harlen)
ii) Research Survey 4/1: Standards and quality in English primary schools over time: the national evidence (Peter Tymms and Christine Merrell)
iii) Research Survey 4/2: Standards in English primary education: the international evidence (Chris Whetton, Graham Ruddock and Liz Twist)

(12.10.07) - Community Soundings press release: Taking the Educational Temperature

The following articles have been written about the Review, providing an account of the progress to date.

•  16.05.08 : Robin Alexander, in the Times Educational Supplement.
'Testaments to the Power of 10'. "With today’s three research surveys on teaching, the Primary Review completes dissemination of its 30 interim reports and enters its next phase: the preparation of its main and final report. [...]"

•  17.03.08 : Robin Alexander, 'The Primary Review: emerging perspectives on childhood'.
Lecture delivered at Central Hall, Westminster to the conference on 'Childhood, Well-being and Primary Education' organised by the General Teaching Council and held in conjunction with The Children's Society Good Childhood Inquiry and the Primary Review.

•  20.11.07 : Robin Alexander, 'Towards a new vision for primary education? Midway through the Primary Review'.
Lecture about the Primary Review delivered at Church House, Westminster at the invitation of The Worshipful Company of Weavers.

•  2.11.07 : Robin Alexander, in the Times Educational Supplement.
'Testing times for primary assessment'. (Published with the title 'Three reports should prompt debate on primary's future')

•  Spring 2007 : Robin Alexander, in Forum.
'Where there is no vision...' - Article for special Plowden 40th anniversary issue of Forum.

•  February 2007 : Mark Brundrett in Education 3-13
Brundrett, M. (2007) 'Two decades of reform in education: do we need a review of primary education?' Education 3-13 35(1):1-3.

•  28.11.06: Peter Wilby, in The Guardian.
'Primary mover: Forty years after the Plowden report, education for the under-11s is being reviewed, and the mastermind behind the project has some radical ideas.'

•  13.10.07 : Robin Alexander, in the Times Educational Supplement.
'Alternative vision for Primary Children? A comprehensive study, launched today, aims to put the life of the child back on top of the agenda'

In this section we provide links to reports of enquiries whose work relates to our own.  If there is a report you would like us to provide a link to, please email Catrin Darsley (Primary Review Administrator).

• The Good Childhood Inquiry is 'seeking to open an inclusive debate on what makes for a good childhood today that will shape future policy and inspire all our relationships with children.' 

The inquiry will:
* Listen to the voices and views of children, young people and adults about their experience and understanding of childhood in the UK today.

* Identify and address the most important issues facing children and young people in the UK today.

* Make recommendations to improve the way in which childhood is experienced and understood in the UK today.

The Good Childhood Inquiry would like to invite you to join them at their upcoming event:

Good Childhood Forum: Mental Health and Well-being
21 April 2008, 09.30 – 11.45am, London

The Good Childhood Inquiry, The Children’s Society’s independent inquiry into what makes for a good childhood in the 21st century, will unveil evidence on its fifth theme, Health, on 21 April 2008 and you can be part of it. The Good Childhood Forum will provide an opportunity to participate and engage in discussion about current trends in mental health, the opportunities for family-based interventions and the economic implications. Register to ensure you don’t miss this provocative and groundbreaking event. This is an exciting opportunity for you to contribute to the debate around The Good Childhood Inquiry and help shape childhood in the future. Make sure you are part of the bigger picture by registering now.

Register by 7 April 2008 by emailing hal@childsoc.org.uk .
Registration details and more information are also available here.

• RSA Risk Commission - The Risk Commission aims to examine and contextualise risk in our modern society. In particular it is looking at all aspects of risk in childhood.  The RSA Risk Commission's report on Risk and Childhood was launched with a major one-day conference on 31.10.07.  Professor Robin Alexander, Director of the Primary Review, was one of the speakers at this conference.
  
  
• Australian Primary Principals Association (APPA) - The Charter on Primary Schooling was released 1.10.07 and was 'the result of a forum which examined two key questions: “What should primary schools be like?” and “What is the purpose of primary schools?”'
  
  
• Unicef - Child poverty in perspective: An overview of child well-being in rich countries 'brings together the best of currently available data providing an overview of the state of childhood in the majority of economically advanced nations of the world. The report for the first time measures and compares overall child well-being across six dimensions: material well-being, health and safety, education...'  This report was released 14.02.07.