To address the gaps identified by today's report, the Sutton Trust is calling on the government to establish a highly able fund to support the prospects of
high attainers in comprehensive schools.
The government should establish a highly able fund to support the prospects of high
attainers in comprehensive schools.
To support pupils with high attainment in academies, the Sutton Trust is calling for the government to create a fund to support successful initiatives for high
attainers from disadvantaged backgrounds, and to focus on supporting disadvantaged pupils of all attainment levels through the pupil premium.
A review of 25 schools supported by the Achievement for All Achieving Schools programme between 2011 and 2015, indicated that pupils with special educational needs (SEN), those eligible for Pupil Premium funding and low
attainers consistently made progress at a higher rate than expected for their year groups.
Our top comprehensives produce high
attainers data for each school, and we can see that children in good comps get just the same results as in grammars.
And second, these high -
attainers thrive and advance even more in their understanding when exposed to tasks and activities that explore and develop deep understanding.
The massive advantage, however, is for the swathes of
average attainers who, within a mixed ability class, have no ceiling placed on their ambitions.
The EEF added that setting or steaming arrangements «undermine
low attainers» confidence, and discourage the belief that attainment can be improved through effort».
Girls still outperform boys at all levels — but the gap is narrowing for
higher attainers (level 4b or above, and level 5 and above)
By measuring average point scores rather than a single cutoff point, the new measure will also ensure that the achievement of all students is recognised equally, including both low
attainers and high fliers.
But I quickly realised that this was naive: my lower
attainers weren't magically catching up with their peers.
Designed to encourage lower
attainers to produce longer passages of writing.
This included a mix of low, middle and high
attainers, intended to support each other.
It appears likely that routine setting or streaming arrangements undermine low
attainers» confidence
It appears likely that routine setting or streaming arrangements undermine low
attainers» confidence and discourage the belief that attainment can be improved through effort.
The EEF trial, led by Prof. Becky Francis, is trying to find if those benefits for high
attainers can be achieved without harming low attainers.
When Edward * first came into my class he had been a lower
attainer.
But the government has pledged to ensure «no child is left behind», with schools recognised for the progress they make with all pupils — regardless of whether they are high, middle or low
attainers.
for Intervention Group Strategies: e.g. Pupil Premium / Pupil Deprivation students for flipped and independent learning both in and outside of the classroom for revision and consolidation wherever and whenever students want to learn to motivate high, middle and low
attainers to identify student knowledge gaps and to target learning to improve homework and assessment
I looked at the percentage of free schools meals pupils and «high
attainers» (based on tests taken in primary school) in a wide variety of secondary schools in all areas.