SMART Spaces - spaced learning revision programme: an education endowment foundation efficacy trial

An efficacy trial of the SMART Spaces revision programme, investigating the effect of the intervention on students' attainment in the chemistry element of GCSE double award science: a two-arm randomised controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN54008927

Enrollment

12500

Registered

2019-03-06

Start date

2018-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-31

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Conditions

15 – 16 year old pupils in Year 11 studying AQA double award GCSE science Other

Interventions

Participants are clustered into 125 schools divided between two arms with 50 in the intervention arm vs. 75 in business-as-usual control. 1. SMART Spaces Chemistry Revision programme. The interventio

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Pupils must be in Year 11 in the academic year 2018/19 and enrolled in AQA GCSE double award science

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Pupils not enrolled for AQA GCSE double science or attending schools which are participating in another EEF GCSE science randomised trial

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Year 11 pupils’ attainment in chemistry measured by their raw scores in the chemistry element of GCSE ‘double award’ science in May/June 2019	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Science attainment in AQA GCSE Double Award Science, based on Uniform Marking Scale scores rather than numerical grades, in May 2019 2. The knowledge, application and analysis assessment objectives sub-scales for the Chemistry element of AQA GCSE Double Award Science, a continuous numerical variable based on item-by-item mark data, in May 2019	—

Countries

England, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactNicola Bretscher

ioe.smartspaces@ucl.ac.uk+44 (0)207 331 5194

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026