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Evaluating widening participation

…knowledge of previous evidence to devise a programme, and then monitor outcomes of participating students in comparison to similar students not on the programme. The Trust is currently developing a…

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Celebrating the toolkit

Premium was being mooted before the 2010 Election. For the newly formed Coalition the Pupil Premium was, and remains, the Government’s flagship policy for improving the outcomes for disadvantaged pupils….

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Bonding helps mobility

Laura Barbour explains the importance of the findings of the recent Baby Bonds report. When I was preparing to have my first baby, I remember an uncle of mine saying:…

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Delivery depends on detail

…feature of the London Challenge. Although his critics presented his policies as intensifying competition, the reality of the growth of academies has been an explosion in multi-academy trusts and similar…

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Parliament and Policy: March 2014

…(Liberal Democrats), “I welcomed last week’s announcement of an early-years pupil premium. Schools have benefited from access to the Education Endowment Foundation toolkit to use the pupil premium to its…