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“Concerningly, not only are disadvantage gaps for 11- and 16-year-olds at their widest levels since 2011, we are seeing worrying trends for children just starting school. That gaps at age five are widening across disadvantaged and vulnerable groups – as well as being at record levels for children with SEND – highlights the scale and breadth of challenges facing schools and the importance of the earliest years of life.”
Emily Hunt, Associate Director for social mobility and vulnerable learners, Education Policy Institute (EPI)
“The stark reality is that in the post-pandemic era we are moving backwards as a society. All the key indicators of social mobility are flashing red – widening education divides are driven by a perfect storm of rising child poverty, persistent school absenteeism and deepening financial hardship among our university students.”
Lee Elliot Major, a professor of social mobility at the University of Exeter
“Schools are already facing increased challenges due to the impact of the cost of living. The new Government should aim to develop a long-term strategy that would have a particular focus on very low attaining pupils and closing the disadvantage gap. To do this, it is essential that schools are both adequately funded and supported to do so using evidence-based approaches.”
Dr Ben Styles, NFER’s Head of Classroom Practice
“41% The number of leaders using their pupil premium to plug gaps in their general budget.”
School Funding and the Pupil Premium April 2023, The Sutton Trust
A report from the Education Policy Institute has found that by the end of secondary schools disadvantaged pupils are 19.2 months behind their peers. At the same time figures from the DfE the gap between university entry rates for disadvantaged students and their peers in England has reached its highest level since records began in 2005. With the impact of Covid still being felt, the increasing challenges of the cost-of-living crisis and huge concerns about school attendance rates, the disadvantage gap looks set to continue rising.
This conference has been designed to help schools can get the most out of their pupil premium funding by putting in place a robust, evidence-based pupil premium strategy. Through a series of sessions led by expert speakers and case studies demonstrating outstanding practice, you will come away with a clearer understanding of how disadvantage impacts pupils, and how you use your funding to deliver pupil premium interventions that will have an impact.
You will also leave the day with a clear understanding of your duties for reporting and the recent changes in this area, ensuring that your strategy, data and evidence for spending decisions is all ready for inspection day.
With increasing pressure on school finances, ensuring that you are maximising the impact of your pupil premium funding is crucial for your overall school budget.
Who should attend?
Headteachers, Assistant Heads, Deputy Heads, School Business Managers, Head of Pupil Premium, Heads of Inclusion, Pupil Premium Co-ordinators, SENDCOs and other staff with involvement in pupil premium spend.
This conference will enable you to:
Keep up to date with changes to guidance on pupil premium spending for the 2024/25 academic year
Make worthwhile developments to your pupil premium strategy to ensure its ongoing effectiveness
Identify the challenges faced by disadvantaged pupils and how pupil premium can support them
Improve how you engage with parents around the pupil premium and build stronger relationships
Introduce effective professional development for classroom teachers to boost the quality of teaching
Ensure that your pupil premium data is ready for Ofsted inspection
Demonstrate the evidence on which your spending is based
Effectively monitor the impact of your initiative on progress and learning
Understand the importance of using pupil premium funding to support attendance and how best to tackle this
Provide targeted academic support to groups and individuals
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