2025 Impact Evaluation Report: Learning Outcomes Across Programme Schools

2025 Impact Evaluation Report: Learning Outcomes Across Programme Schools

Our 2025 impact evaluation demonstrates measurable improvements in learning outcomes and instructional practice in programme schools compared with control schools, evidence that our system-led model works at scale.

This report presents the findings of our independent 2025 impact evaluation, comparing learning outcomes and teaching practice in programme schools against a matched set of comparison schools that had not yet received the intervention.

Literacy performance was 73.1% in programme schools compared with 57.0% in comparison schools, and numeracy performance was 66.7% compared with 54.1%. Girls in programme schools achieved literacy results comparable to boys, 73.3% against 72.9%, although a gender gap remains in numeracy that will inform how we design gender-responsive pedagogy going forward.

Beyond test scores, the evaluation found classrooms in programme schools becoming calmer and more collaborative: constructive conflict resolution was reported by 71.7% of programme schools compared with 61.3% in comparison schools, while conflict escalation was lower, 4.6% against 7.5%. Teachers reported greater use of varied teaching methods, more student questioning, more peer feedback, and more classroom observation and coaching.

The estimated social return on this work is £3.12 for every £1 invested. More importantly to us, over 3,000 teachers are now applying evidence-informed teaching practices in their own classrooms, strengthening learning for thousands of children across Uganda.

Key Findings