How does the Pupil Premium funding affect educational outcomes in Key Stage 1 in the UK.

8 pages + well-structured + cited references

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Hi, my literature review will be around 4000 words.

My question is: How does the Pupil Premium funding affect educational outcomes in Key Stage 1 in the UK.

I will attach my dissertation template, parts of the assignment brief and a breakdown of what the literature review should include. In my literature review I have to break it down into three themes (1,2 and 3 in bold) and within these themes I have listed three subheadings (underlined) to help with answering the questions: My three key themes are: 1. What is the attainment gap? – Defining the attainment gap What does the attainment gap mean? What do OFSTED define the attainment gap as? How long has the attainment gap been around? – How is it measured? What data has been made to assess the attainment gap within the last few years? Is this data accurate – have a look at reports that have been published. What does the data show? is there data for Key stage 1 Is the attainment gap closing? – How does the attainment gap affect pupils? Having a look at data, what does suggest for children now and in the future? How will they be impacted? 2. What is the pupil premium funding? – Defining the Pupil premium funding What is pupil premium? When did it first come about and why? Explore the history of pupil premium (started in 2011) When the funding was first introduced, how much money was first provided? Has this increased as years have gone be? https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2010‑to‑2015‑government‑policy‑education‑of‑disadvantaged‑ children/2010‑to‑2015‑government‑policy‑education‑of‑disadvantaged‑children – How is it allocated? Which schools receive the funding? How do schools apply for the funding? What is the criteria for pupil premium funding? Who has to be eligible? What do they receive? – How does schools use their PP funding? Once schools have the funding, how do they use the money? Is there guidance on what they should be spending their funding on? (The EEF) 3. Is the pupils premium funding effective? – Barriers towards the Pupil Premium funding Are there any articles or research that has been done to show if the pupil premium funding has made an impact on disadvantaged pupils? – Are schools using PP effectively? Schools receive different amounts of funding based on how many pupils are eligible. Do they spend their money effectively? What is effective and what is not? Is there any research to back this? (The EEF pupil premium guidance – how to use the funding effectively) Is there anything they should be spending their money on to help close the attainment gap? What are schools focusing their funding on – technology, teaching staff, extra tuition etc. In the literature review can you write down the subheadings under each of the key themes to separate the paragraphs. I have also included resources that I would like used in the literature review, along with any other readings you can find. Any of the readings I have included in the documents I have sent; I have picked out key information I have found. They are not in my own words so if you do use these resources included, please ensure that they are put into your own words as I do not want it being plagiarised.