The EEF is a new independent grant-making charity

1. The EEF is a new independent grant-making charity • The £125m Education Endowment Fund was announced by the Department for Education in Autumn 2010 • Sutton Trust and Impetus Trust won the bid to administer it • An independent charity, Education Endowment Foundation, was launched in July 2011 • The first grants will be announced in October, then every term thereafter • We hope to disburse c. £200m over the next 15 years

2. We aim to raise the attainment of poor pupils in challenging schools • We focus on raising educational attainment among pupils on Free School Meals in schools that are falling below government standards. • The EEF’s role is to identify, develop, support and evaluate projects which improve these pupils’ attainment. • We have a particular focus on innovation and on scaling-up projects which are cost effective and replicable. • We will fund charities, schools, local authorities or other non-profit organisations with exciting ideas. • Evaluation is at the heart of what we do. Robust evaluations will be built into projects from the start. • We will fund a small number of large projects with strong potential for being replicated elsewhere.

3. The EEF’s criteria • We are looking to fund, develop and evaluate projects that: • Have a measurable impact on attainment • Are innovative: a new or a significant advancement of an existing idea • If proven to have an impact, can be replicated in other areas / schools cost effectively

4. We are focused on attainment • We want disadvantaged children to do better at school: raising attainment is our bottom line • We prioritise projects that have evidence they will have a measurable impact on this goal • Other outcomes (e.g. improving pupils’ emotional well-being, improving attendance or raising aspirations) are positives – so long as they have evidence of a strong and specific link to attainment

5. We are looking for innovative approaches • Initiatives that have not been delivered at scale in English schools before • New ideas with proof of concept • Ideas taken from other contexts • Scale up initiatives tested on a small scale • New adaptations of existing effective programme – maybe delivering it in a different context or in a different way • We cannot provide continuation funding for business as usual; this is about doing something new

6. We want to fund projects that can be rolled out if they are effective • Our aim is to test approaches that, if proven to have an impact, can be implemented across the system once EEF funding has ended • The programme must be able to be packaged and delivered in other contexts • Other funders (schools, local authorities, charities etc) must be able to afford the programme (potentially using the pupil premium): it should be cost-effective and sustainable

7. We are focused on disadvantaged pupils in challenging schools • We have a focus on pupils eligible for free school meals in schools below government floor targets (2010 data for first two funding rounds) • We will consider projects that benefit pupils outside this group, so long as EEF target pupils are substantially involved • We hope to broaden this in future to look at disadvantage more widely

8. The EEF target pupils • There are around 160k free school meals pupils in 1,500 schools that do not meet floor standards • This is around 1 in every 40 English pupils • A majority of target pupils (110k) are at primary level • London and the South West have the fewest schools • There is significant churn in and out of this group For more information see the report on our website

9. The EEF will thoroughly evaluate the impact of its projects • One of our principal aims is to establish what works in raising the attainment of disadvantaged pupils • To help achieve this we will commit 10% of project funding to evaluation • We will commission independent research groups to evaluate each project rigorously • Each intervention will be assessed for educational impact and cost effectiveness • We will publish clear and simple reports on our website

10. These findings will help schools to use their pupil premium effectively For some schools the pupil premium will be a significant source of funding. The table below estimates the amount received in 2014-15 if the pupil premium rises to £1,750 per child

11. The EEF will build on the work of the Sutton Trust’s Toolkit • The Toolkit was created by Durham University to look at the existing evidence on raising attainment • Having more money isn’t enough: you need to know what to spend it on • There is some robust evidence out there, it needs to be translated into useful information for schools

12. Key messages from the Toolkit • There are no guarantees, only best bets • We need to build an evidence-based culture • We should look at relative effectiveness and costs • There are many caveats: the results quoted are averages – who is average? – and are based on past results • ‘Bananarama principle’: It ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it… • Both with spending • And how you implement an approach

13. Example of approaches supported by evidence

14. Overview of value for money Promising May be worth it 10 Feedback Meta-cognitive Pre-school Peer tutoring 1-1 tutoring Homework Effect Size (months gain) Summer schools ICT Smaller classes Parental involvement AfL Not worth it Individualised learning Sports Learning styles After school Arts Teaching assistants Performance pay 0 Ability grouping £0 £1000 Cost per pupil

15. The toolkit will continue to be developed • Some potential ideas: producing an interactive guide with more resources; expanding sections • As the EEF projects get going, new, more relevant evidence will be added. • The EEF will also create practical examples of the interventions backed up by evidence – e.g. training, toolkits, services that schools can buy.

16. For further information: www.educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk eleanor.stringer@eefoundation.org.uk