Evaluation of the 'ScratchMaths' computer programming educational intervention involving 110 primary schools in England

Impact and process evaluation of 'ScratchMaths': a clustered randomised controlled trial to measure the impact of 'ScratchMaths' on computational thinking and mathematics attainment, and a process evaluation on how schools, teachers and pupils engage with 'ScratchMaths' to produce the measured impact

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN10189078

Enrollment

4400

Registered

2016-10-11

Start date

2014-12-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-01-14

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Conditions

Computational Thinking and KS2 Mathematics attainment Not Applicable

Interventions

Between March 2014 and April 2015, a total of 110 primary schools were recruited to the trial. As part of this recruitment, for a school to become part of the trial sample they were required to provid

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Primary schools 2. Ideally with a two form entry 3. Provided teacher and pupil details before 30/04/2015 2. Pupils who were in Y5 in 2015/16 (aged 9-10)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Single gender schools

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Pupils' attainment in KS2 mathematics, measured using KS2 mathematics test scores at the end of Y6 in 2016/17	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Pupils' attainment on an online Computational Thinking test developed by the evaluators at the end of Y5 in 2015/16	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactMark Boylan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026