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Pupil premium toolkit: what works best at raising school achievement?

Pupil premium toolkit: what works best at raising school achievement?. Dr Lee Elliot Major, Director of Research and Policy, Sutton Trust, and EEF trustee (and Prof Steve Higgins, Durham University). Outline. Intro. Motivations Key messages Findings Next steps Discussion. Motivations.

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Pupil premium toolkit: what works best at raising school achievement?

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  1. Pupil premium toolkit: what works best at raising school achievement? Dr Lee Elliot Major, Director of Research and Policy, Sutton Trust, and EEF trustee (and Prof Steve Higgins, Durham University)

  2. Outline Intro Motivations Key messages Findings Next steps Discussion

  3. Motivations • More money ≠ more learning • Disadvantaged pupils • Schools free to decide what they spend (but held to account) • Pupil premium • Hattie’s summary of 50,000 studies • Translating research into practise

  4. Estimates for 2014-15 The Pupil Premium

  5. Views on what works Toolkit • Initial suggestions from Government.. • Smaller classes • One to one tuition • Uniforms • And from schools.. • Smaller classes • One to one tuition • More TAs

  6. Key messages • No guarantees, only best bets • Spread evidence based culture • Relative comparison and costs • Tyranny of averages; past results • ‘Banarama principle’

  7. The Bananarama Principle Resources and learning It ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it… So how do you spend £860(?)/pupil to “get results”? Or, what does the evidence say is a good investment or a poor investment for learning? It ain’t what you spend but the way that you spend it…

  8. Summaries • What is it?How effective is it?How secure is the • evidence?What are the costs?How applicable is it?Further information Toolkit

  9. Next steps Interactive guide with more resources Expanding sections EEF – evaluating new projects EEF trial – teacher development in evidence based approach

  10. Summary • Remember the ‘Bananarama’ principle • Establish evidence based approach • Good bets: teacher-pupil interaction –feedback, metacognition, peer tutoring

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