Integrating English into the Curriculum

Integrating English: An evaluation of the LiLAC approach to teaching language with 91 primary schools in England

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN44415239

Enrollment

Registered

2017-06-01

Start date

2016-07-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-09-05

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Conditions

Education Not Applicable Education

Interventions

This study is a two-arm, school-level clustered randomised controlled trial. Randomisation takes place at the school level. The MinimPy program is used to allocate schools to the inte

science teachers to focus on the grammatical features of classification, experimentation and reporting

history teachers to focus on the grammatical features of recounts and causation

maths teachers to focus on the grammatical features of problems, explanations and proofs

and so on. The LiLAC course is delivered by external trainers. There are four one-da

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Recruitment at school level: Schools must have at least eight Y4 pupils with English as an Additional Language (EAL) in academic year 2015/6.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Schools with fewer than eight Y4 EAL pupils.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Writing ability is measured using the raw scores from KS2 Writing past papers at the end of the 2017/2018 school year (Y6).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Spelling, punctuation and grammar is measured using the raw scores from KS2 tests (accessed through the National Pupil Database) at the end of the 2017/2018 school year (Y6).	—

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

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