The Pupil Premium Certificate: Virtual Toolkit
£359.00 + VAT
The comprehensive nine module Pupil Premium Online Certificate will support the most effective use of your Pupil Premium and provide best practice guidance to help raise attainment and improve outcomes in your school.
The Certificate will guide you through the development of your strategy – including identifying the gap in your school, meeting different needs and tailoring approaches, and how you can prioritise high quality teaching in practice.
Further modules will examine best practice implementation of interventions and solutions, how to effectively monitor and evaluate impact, and looking beyond attainment and supporting wellbeing and social mobility.
The course will also assess latest Government policy and guidance, and ensure you know what Ofsted are looking for when inspecting your spend.
Agenda
Policy, eligibility and national guidance
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Matt BromleyEducation Advisor, Bromley Education
- Who is eligible for Pupil Premium? What does ‘disadvantage’ mean?
- Latest DfE policy and guidance
- Accountability and reporting
- An overview: Education Endowment Fund (EEF) Guidance
- Closing the attainment gap: where are we now and what more do we need to do?
Identifying barriers in your school: no one size fits all
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Matt BromleyEducation Advisor, Bromley Education
- Why is there a gap?
- What are the barriers to learning?
- Assessing and meeting different needs
- Language and literacy skills
- The Mathew Effect and building Cultural Capital
Effective use – strategy and planning
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Matt BromleyEducation Advisor, Bromley Education
- Pupil Premium priorities and top tips
- Determining your targets and aims
- Intelligent use of data and utilising your funding in the right areas
- Aligning spend with your whole school improvement plan
- Benchmarking and the national picture – examples of good practice
Making a success of interventions and support
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Matt BromleyEducation Advisor, Bromley Education
- Teaching, TA and staff deployment
- Individualised and tailored approaches
- 121 and small group intervention
- Frequent assessment data and decision-making
- Whole-school and non-academic strategies
SEN and the Pupil Premium - raising achievement
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Nigel Bishop
- Assessing the crossovers between Pupil Premium and SEN
- Suitable interventions for additional and complex needs
- Teaching and making effective use of TAs
- Working with parents/ carers
- Collaborative working and support
Beyond attainment - wellbeing and social mobility
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Nigel Bishop
- Emotional and mental health support
- Behaviour and attendance
- Working with families and communities
- The school’s role in facilitating social mobility – how can this be achieved?
Monitoring and evaluating effectiveness
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Matt BromleyEducation Advisor, Bromley Education
- How can we measure success?
- Gathering evidence and tracking progress
- Evaluating spend and value for money
- Using internal evidence to improve PP practice
- Using external research evidence – what works?
Ofsted and inspecting Pupil Premium spend
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Matt BromleyEducation Advisor, Bromley Education
- How will Ofsted assess your Pupil Premium strategy?
- Evidencing spending decisions – good record keeping
- Involving governors and trustees
- Displaying effective oversight
- Avoiding common inspection failures
March 2021 Update: Conditions of the Grant
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Matt BromleyEducation Advisor, Bromley Education
- How much Pupil Premium funding will mainstream schools get?
- How much Pupil Premium will alternative provision schools get?
- What is the eligibility criteria?
- When will Pupil Premium be paid?
- How can Pupil Premium be spent?
Speakers
Matt Bromley
Matt Bromley is an education writer and advisor with over twenty years’ experience in teaching and leadership including as a secondary school headteacher and principal, FE college vice principal, and MAT director. He also works as a public speaker, trainer, and school improvement lead, and is a primary school governor.
Matt writes for various newspapers and magazines, sits on SecEd’s editorial board and co-hosts their podcast. He is the author of numerous best-selling books for teachers and his education blog has been voted one of the UK’s most influential.
He regularly speaks at national and international conferences and events, and provides education advice to charities, government agencies, training providers, colleges and multi-academy trusts. He works as a consultant and trainer with several companies and also provides a wide selection of direct-to-market consultancy and training services through his own company, Bromley Education, which he founded in 2012.
Matt has worked at senior levels in the public and private sectors and, prior to teaching, was a senior manager in the telecoms industry. He began his working life in newspaper journalism. He has an Honours degree in English Language and Literature, a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education and the National Professional Qualification for Headship, as well as several professional qualifications.
Nigel Bishop
In his role as a national trainer and consultant, as well as a qualified counsellor, former primary head teacher Nigel brings his wide experience of school-based learning and leadership to bear on a variety of current issues, notably data analysis, the Pupil Premium and learning support. His warmth and gentle humour combine with enthusiasm to revive those who learn with him, as well as equipping them to continue moving mountains.
