Abbott, Ian, Middlewood, David and Robinson, Sue (2016) REPORT on Research into ‘Closing the Gap’ : raising achievement for disadvantaged pupils. Warwickshire: Warwickshire County Council .

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Abstract

This research was commissioned by Warwickshire County Council as a work stream as part of their Closing the Gap project. There is a gap in performance between children from rich and poor backgrounds in many countries, but the gap in the UK is considered to be significant (OECD, 2014; Strand 2014). Work by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has estimated that there will be 3.5 million UK children living in poverty by 2020. One strategy to attempt to address the problem was the introduction of The Pupil Premium by the Coalition Government in 2011 to provide additional funding to state funded schools to close the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers by raising the attainment levels of those children from disadvantaged backgrounds (Ofsted, 2012).

Item Type:	Report
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- )
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	West Midlands (England) -- High school students -- Educational attainment, Poor children -- Education -- Government policy, Educational leadership -- High schools
Publisher:	Warwickshire County Council
Place of Publication:	Warwickshire
Official Date:	29 April 2016
Dates:	Date Event 29 April 2016 Accepted
Number of Pages:	19
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Date of first compliant deposit:	11 May 2016
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