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Economist discusses the success of the pupil premium
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The Economist took a closer look at the pupil premium in this week’s magazine, referencing the work of the EEF and quoting Sir Kevan Collins.

Meanwhile, the government has poured funding into studies looking at how best to spend money, providing the Educational Endowment Foundation (EEF), a charity, with £137m. It collates evidence from abroad and funds studies at home: around one-quarter of English schools are involved in randomised control trials run by the charity.

Schools increasingly turn to the research for guidance: two-thirds now consult the EEF’s advice, up from one-third in 2012, according to a report by the National Audit Office (NAO), which scrutinises government spending. Surveys by the National Foundation for Educational Research, a charity, found that the most common interventions in the first years of the pupil premium were to reduce class sizes and increase numbers of support staff — neither of which are judged to be effective by the EEF. Now schools are more likely to put in place one-to-one tuition and pupil feedback — both of which are highly rated.

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