Tag: Disadvantaged

Ofsted annual report 2024/25: education, children’s services and skills

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According to Ofsted’s Annual Report 19% more children are missing education entirely compared to 2024. It notes that "The gap between disadvantaged children and their peers starts early and widens through education phases. Exacerbating this, disadvantaged children too often miss school and are unable to recover lost learning, ending up in alternative provision or out … Continue reading Ofsted annual report 2024/25: education, children’s services and skills

Additional inequalities holding more girls back from sport

~ Bruce Levitan

New data from the Youth Sport Trust’s annual Girls Active Survey has found that girls with multiple characteristics of inequality are being left behind in PE and school sport. The survey reveals that girls with two or more characteristics of inequality, such as being from a low-income family, a non-majority ethnicity, or having Special Educational … Continue reading Additional inequalities holding more girls back from sport

Double Disadvantage?

~ Bruce Levitan

"Double Disadvantage?" is the title of a new report from the Sutton Trust focussing on support for children with SEND. It concludes that The number of children with SEND is growing. Since 2014, the rate of growth has been faster for children not eligible for free school meals (FSM) in many categories of SEND, with … Continue reading Double Disadvantage?

The Age 11 Dip

~ Bruce Levitan

We all know that transition from primary to secondary school is a big change and challenge for young people, so it's no surprise - but very alarming - that this new report based on 80,000 children's responses, shows that more than one in four pupils begin to disengage from school during Year 7. The findings … Continue reading The Age 11 Dip

Disadvantaged pupils risk losing out as their funding increasingly used to plug budget gaps

~ Bruce Levitan

A new report from the Government's Public Accounts Committe (PAC) finds that disadvantaged children may not be benefitting from funding intended for them, with the Department for Education (DfE) possessing only a limited picture of how schools are spending billions in funding associated with disadvantage. The report highlights that 47% of senior school leaders were … Continue reading Disadvantaged pupils risk losing out as their funding increasingly used to plug budget gaps

Who has been registered for free school meals and pupil premium in the National Pupil Database?

~ Bruce Levitan

This is the title of a new report from the Education Policy Institute (EPI). It explores the strengths and weaknesses of free school meals (FSM) and Pupil Premium (PP) as measures for identifying disadvantaged pupils in England. It finds significant differences between the number of children estimated to be living in poverty and those who … Continue reading Who has been registered for free school meals and pupil premium in the National Pupil Database?

Disadvantage gap: 9 things DfE told MPs

~ Bruce Levitan

Here is a useful article from TES that summarises what happened when the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) quizzed Department for Education officials on its strategy to close the disadvantage gap, as well as on how it allocates funding and ensures money is well spent. Read the article here.

Recruitment and Retention in 2024

~ Bruce Levitan

The Teacher Tapp and SchoolDash annual report on teacher recruitment and retention provides insights into the current state of the teaching profession in England. The report covers a number of topics: Primary School Recruitment; Secondary School Recruitment; Teacher Availability for September; Technician Posts; The Education Quality Challenge in Disadvantaged Schools; Perceptions of Teaching in Disadvantaged … Continue reading Recruitment and Retention in 2024