The Difficulties of Judging What Difference the Pupil Premium Has Made to School Intakes and Outcomes in England

Autor/inn/en	Gorard, Stephen; Siddiqui, Nadia; See, Beng Huat
Titel	The Difficulties of Judging What Difference the Pupil Premium Has Made to School Intakes and Outcomes in England
Quelle	In: Research Papers in Education, 36 (2021) 3, S.355-379 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gorard, Stephen) ORCID (Siddiqui, Nadia) ORCID (See, Beng Huat)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0267-1522
DOI	10.1080/02671522.2019.1677759
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Finance; Financial Support; Educational Policy; Educational Discrimination; Poverty; Achievement Gap; Low Income Students; Program Effectiveness; Research Problems; Elementary Secondary Education; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bildungsfonds; Finanzielle Förderung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Armut; Forschungskritik
Abstract	Pupil Premium funding has been provided to schools in England since 2011, to help overcome socio-economic segregation between schools, and reduce the poverty attainment gap. Yet there is little evidence such an approach is effective. Some important stakeholders are considering whether Pupil Premium should stop or be re-routed. It is therefore essential to know whether the policy has helped in the eight years since its inception. Evaluating the impact of such a funding policy is fraught with difficulties because of changes over time in the economy, legal definitions, prevalence of disadvantage, and metrics used. Previous research has generally ignored these, and the role of length and depth of disadvantage. Hence, previous estimates of the attainment gap are insecure. This paper introduces a new analysis, based on the National Pupil Database that considers changes in the prevalence of FSM-eligibility, private school attendance, GDP and the duration of individual poverty. Net of such factors, the results show that segregation has declined unexpectedly since 2011, suggesting that the Pupil Premium may be working. The policy should continue, while research looks at the long-term impact on the poverty gap. Meanwhile, the funding could be re-calibrated to be fairer to areas with longer-term disadvantage. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01