
Due to tightening Covid-19 restrictions and wanting to ensure the safety for all of those in attendance, we will now be hosting The Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace Conference Online
The Covid-19 crisis and the subsequent closure of schools could result in a significant further widening of the disadvantage gap. Steps therefore need to be taken to minimise this impact and any future disruptions to the learning and development of disadvantaged and vulnerable pupils.
The Pupil Premium Conference will assess the current outlook for closing the gap and improving the achievement of disadvantaged pupils –. It will look at the latest Government guidance and support, including evaluating what further measures might be needed, the regulatory and inspection framework, and best practice strategies for tailoring your pupil premium spend to your school’s needs.
The conference will also assess priorities beyond attainment, including wellbeing and mental health support, student-centred approaches and behaviour management.
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What will you learn from this essential conference?
- Ensure your Pupil Premium is closing the gap – identify barriers and learn how to close attainment gaps, whilst continuously raising achievement in your school
- Key frameworks and guidance – including Department for Education December 2019 guidance, eligibility requirements
- Find out what are inspectors looking for – preparing for inspection, the latest Ofsted inspection handbooks, and demonstrating impact beyond data
- How to spend it right: advance your use of Pupil Premium – utilising funding effectively in the right areas – where does your school need it most?
- Support the well-being and subsequent attainment of disadvantaged students – considering local contexts to tackle the cycle of low aspiration and deprivation, and supporting disadvantaged pupils
- One size does not fit all: effective use of Pupil Premium – how to tailor your own whole-school strategy, and the importance of assessment and feedback to drive spending improvement
Agenda
- 09.00
- Registration and refreshments
- 09.25
- Chair’s welcome and introduction
- 09.30
Ensuring your Pupil Premium strategy is effectively closing attainment gaps
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Caroline SharpResearch Director, National Foundation for Educational Research
- The impact of Covid-19 on widening the attainment gap
- Identifying and overcoming barriers and challenges
- Successful strategies for narrowing the attainment gap
- How to continuously raise achievement in your school
- 10.30
- Refreshments and networking
- 11.00
Keeping up-to-date: policy, regulatory guidance and useful frameworks
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Tricia MurphyAuthor, Consultant, and Trainer
- Current and future financial outlook
- Eligibility requirements
- Government measures and support: the Covid-19 pandemic
- Accountability: ensuring visibility and evidencing use of funding
- 11.45
Beyond attainment: the importance of the student perspective and improving the wellbeing of disadvantaged students
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Cameron ParkerThe UK’s top motivational schools speaker
- Emotional and social support – the importance of student-centred strategies
- Developing consistent classrooms – supporting high quality teaching and improving difficult behaviour
- Improving outcomes with family, community, and external agency engagement
- Considering backgrounds and local contexts
- 12.30
- Lunch and networking
- 13.30
An inspector’s view of Pupil Premium
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Nigel Bishop
- How Ofsted measures the impact of Pupil Premium
- Preparing for inspection and demonstrating impact beyond data
- The Ofsted framework vs. inspections on the
- Case studies of outstanding schools
- 14.15
- Refreshments and networking
- 14.30
One size does not fit all: Education Endowment Fund (EEF) guidance and effective use of Pupil Premium
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Nigel Bishop
- Challenging the Matthew effect: what to consider when designing your strategy
- Using EEF recommendations guidance and campaigns
- Beyond interventions to 3-tiered and whole-school approaches
- Useful toolkits for maximizing the effect of Pupil Premium funding
- The importance of assessment and feedback to drive continuous improvement
- 15.15
Value for money: strategies to advance your use of Pupil Premium
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Matt BromleyEducation Advisor, Bromley Education
- The problems with the Pupil Premium and what we can do about them
- Adopting an evidence-informed approach to spending
- A 3-step approach to action planning and data analysis
- Learning from good and bad Pupil Premium practice
- 16.00
- Close of conference
Speakers

Cameron Parker

Caroline Sharp

Matt Bromley

Nigel Bishop
