Insights into education: TIMSS findings
The national report for England and research relating to TIMSS 2023 is being led by an expert team at the UCL Institute of Education (UCL) who are exploring the data beyond the scores – we want to investigate ways that the results from TIMSS can help teachers and learners in schools in England. We’re currently exploring important information about teaching and learning to understand what is working well: for example, Figure 1 below shows the mathematics performance of year 5 pupils in England and how it has improved between 1995 and 2019.
England’s participation in TIMSS provides valuable information about students’ absolute and relative performance. Figure 2 is an example of some of these other data showing differences in the average achievement of Year 9 pupils related to their attitudes towards mathematics and science. It shows, for example, that there is a spread of 123 points in mathematics achievement between year 9 boys with low confidence in their ability in mathematics, and those with high confidence.
You can find out more about TIMSS, read previous reports and see new publications as they are added here.
National report
The TIMSS 2023 National Report for England will be published in 2024/2025.
Read the TIMSS 2019 National Report for England written by UCL
International report
The TIMSS 2023 International Report will be published in December 2024.
Other reports
Further reports, documents and articles relating to TIMSS.
Further information
Content from the UCL IOE research team including results presentations from TIMSS 2019, data analysis and more.
Download the TIMSS-based teacher workshops adding value to policy and practice in England slides
Behind The Numbers: A Dive Into England’s TIMSS 2019 Results
Read the blog by UCL which includes reflections and analysis relating to findings from the study
