I’m all for evidence-informed practice in schools. It’s important that what we do is backed by research. But I do think we need to ask more questions about the evidence itself. How many schools were involved? How many children? What was the context? How long was the research carried out for? And how relevant is it to our own classrooms? Evidence should inform professional judgement, not replace it. Just because something is ‘research-backed’ doesn’t automatically mean it’s right for every school or every child.