Influences on students\u27 dispositions in Key Stage 3: Exploring enjoyment of school, popularity, anxiety, citizenship values and academic self-concepts in Year 9

The Effective Pre-school, Primary and Secondary Education Project (EPPSE) has investigated the academic and social-behavioural development of approximately 3,000 children from the age of 3+ years since 1997. This Research Brief reports on students\u27 dispositions when they were age 14 (Year 9) in six main areas: \u27enjoyment of school\u27, \u27academic self concept\u27 (English and maths), \u27popularity\u27, \u27citizenship values\u27 and \u27anxiety\u27. It examines how these dispositions have changed during Key Stage 3 (KS3) and the relationships between dispositions and a range of individual student, family, home, pre-, primary and secondary school measures. It shows how school experiences help to shape dispositions, and also explores the relationships between dispositions to school and students\u27 academic and social-behavioural outcomes