Sentences with phrase «pupil deprivation»

Wales Teach First Cymru works with schools in areas where pupil deprivation has an acute impact on outcomes.

Some have argued that other measures of family background, such as parental education or neighbourhood deprivation, would be more predictive — and would thus be better indicators of pupil deprivation.

Despite (or perhaps because of) the well - known limitations of using free school meal eligibility, our research suggests that it is presently the most practical measure of pupil deprivation.

There are several schemes which aim to raise the attainment of pupils from the poorest families, such as the pupil deprivation grant, but the report claimed the system was too complex.

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

In 2012, the Welsh government introduced the # 32.4 m Pupil Deprivation Grant (PDG) to support action to reduce the impact of poverty on educational attainment.

«What's important is we look at evidence, we look to see at how those individual schools have done over the coming weeks and we'll also be interested in the pupil deprivation grant - which targets resources at our more underprivileged children - and see how those children have done,» Ms Williams told BBC Wales.

It is easy to see the influence of the Liberal Democrat Education Secretary Kirsty Williams in Tuesday's draft budget with a doubling of the pupil deprivation grant for the youngest and poorest learners.

She said the pupil deprivation grant - introduced in 2012 and now an extra # 1,150 for schools for each pupil from a disadvantaged background - was «making a real difference to the lives of these children».

Sir Alasdair said he had confidence in the Pupil Deprivation Grant and Schools Challenge Cymru which he called «an excellent initiative».

The Pupil Deprivation Grant promises to pass the money directly to schools, based on the number of children eligible for free school meals.

Mr Thornbery added: «We were also delighted that the Welsh Assembly Government introduced arrangements to enable regional education consortia in Wales to support the education of former looked after children who are adopted through the Pupil Deprivation Grant.

I am pleased too that there will be additional support for education, bolstered by the  # 918 Pupil Deprivation Grant payment to schools for every child in receipt of free school meals, championed by the Welsh Liberal Democrats and forming part of the budget deal between the Government and two of the opposition parties.

an increase in the Pupil Premium (aka Pupil Deprivation Grant): in 2016/17 each school will receive # 1,150 for every pupil eligible to receive free schools;

The Pupil Deprivation Grant provides schools with extra money to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The Welsh Labour Government needs to be doing more to ensure the Welsh Pupil Premium (Pupil Deprivation Grant) reaches its full potential, the Welsh Liberal Democrats have said.

In Wales a similar scheme, created by the Welsh Liberal Democrats and known as the Pupil Deprivation Grant is worth # 918 for each child over the age of five eligible for free school meals.

«The Pupil Deprivation Grant was a key commitment in the Welsh Liberal Democrat's 2011 manifesto.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats today came to an agreement with the Welsh Labour Government and Plaid Cymru that, in exchange for supporting the Welsh Government's annual budget, schools will receive millions of pounds of extra investment through a «Pupil Deprivation Grant» - a Welsh version of the «Pupil Premium» in England.

This is exactly why the Welsh Liberal Democrats continue to call for high quality childcare, universal free school meals for all infants, and for our Pupil Deprivation Grant to be extended to nursery school pupils.

The increase in the Pupil Deprivation Grant, established by the Welsh Liberal Democrats, means that the grant has more than doubled.

In their debate taking place this Wednesday, the party will be highlighting the need for the Pupil Deprivation Grant to be significantly increased.

«I am pleased the report has picked up on a substantial focus on closing the attainment gap in Wales thanks to the Pupil Deprivation Grant.

As this document acknowledges, the Welsh Liberal Democrats» Pupil Premium, also called Pupil Deprivation Grant, is making a huge difference to the lives of many of Wales» pupils.

«The key policy in the Welsh Labour Government's annual budget that will support students from poorer backgrounds is the Pupil Deprivation Grant.

He has been a passionate supporter for annual increases in the Pupil Deprivation Grant which gives schools with higher numbers of children from poor backgrounds more money to spend.

Aled Roberts claimed the news as a vindication of his party's decision to prioritise the Pupil Deprivation Grant (PDG) in budget negotiations with the Welsh Government, a policy that targets resources at pupils from deprived backgrounds to improve their attainment.

«The evidence is stacking up: the impact of our Pupil Deprivation Grant has been transformational on the attainment and life chances of Wales» poorest children.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats will present their findings to the Welsh Government to further improve the effectiveness of the pupil deprivation grant.

«Two years ago, Welsh Liberal Democrats were successful in securing a Pupil Deprivation Grant to help youngsters on free school meals get extra help in school to make sure they fulfil their potential.

Aled Roberts, Welsh Liberal Democrat AM for North Wales and the party's Spokesperson on Education, is today calling on the Welsh Government to provide certainty to schools in Wales by confirming how long it will continue to fund the Pupil Deprivation Grant.

The Pupil Premium, which is known as the Pupil Deprivation Grant in Wales, provides schools with extra money to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

That is why the Welsh Liberal Democrats continue to call for greater investment into the Pupil Deprivation Grant.

Aled Roberts AM has called for increased investment in the Pupil Deprivation Grant after theDeputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, announced today the biggest ever rise in the Pupil Premium for primary schools in England to help ensure that more pupils are able to achieve higher standards.

«The Welsh Labour Government introduced the Pupil Deprivation Grant in exchange for the Welsh Liberal Democrats to support their annual budget.

Not exact matches

Deprivation varies by home language, with pupils from Somali, Lingala and French - speaking homes having the highest levels of eligibility for free schools meals, while Igbo, Yoruba and Shona speakers live in financially better - off households.

In Kano state alone, Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje gave an official figure that there are about three million out of school children roaming the streets of the state as almajiri - pupils of Quranic schools forced by poverty and parental deprivation into begging.

Using the Income Deprivation Affecting Children index, the Sutton Trusts» researchers also found that, in selective areas, 34 per cent of pupils in grammars are from the richest fifth of neighbourhoods, compared with four per cent from the poorest fifth and 11 per cent from the second poorest fifth of neighbourhoods.

This is despite research from the Sutton Trust that found that in selective areas on average 18 per cent of pupils are entitled to free school meals - an important indicator of social deprivation - but make up only three per cent of grammar school entrants.

Pupils who live in the least deprived areas, which is measured by the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index, will experience the highest gains.

The councils have also questioned whether the funding formula should provide so much funding for additional needs, such as schools with high numbers of deprivation or pupils with English as a second language.

Deprivation is significant; over 38 per cent of pupils are on free school meals, 38.4 per cent come from households that are in the lowest 20 per cent income bracket and 75.5 per cent are from the lowest 40 per cent income bracket.

In England Eligibility is determined by a points system that combines the economic deprivation of pupils and the achievement gap between poorer children and their wealthier peers in the area.

If funds are actually falling then other factors are in play, falling pupil numbers, changes to deprivation factors, changes to prior attainment.

If funds are actually falling in a school and pupil numbers are solid, then it might be down to a changing deprivation profile as the article suggests.

As well as large variations in the average per - pupil funding received by local authorities from government, the onward distribution to schools use local formulae that also vary considerably in terms of the relative importance given to different factors such as deprivation, prior attainment and sparsity.

Just two per cent of pupils in Tameside are identified as having SEND before starting school, but in nearby Salford with similar deprivation levels, 10 per cent are — demonstrating that councils are not identifying pupils consistently.

Ofsted chief Amanda Spielman has warned that underperforming schools can get caught in a culture of «disadvantage one - upmanship», where schools focus too much on their pupils» deprivation.

Analysis of the deprivation levels at primary and secondary schools in England compared with deprivation in their local area, by education data company School Dash, has found that poorer pupils are hugely underrepresented at particular types of schools.

If pupil premium is to remain in the long - term, the deprivation element of the formula needs pruning.