Overcoming disadvantage for struggling learners: effective use of targeted pupil funding to enhance learning - Programme

8:30 - 9:10

Registration and refreshments

09:10 - 9:20

Introduction and Welcome
Julie Lawes, Catch Up Director
Dr Graham Sigley, Catch Up Deputy Director

09:20 - 09:50
Keynote 1

Improving educational opportunities for young people from non-privileged backgrounds and increasing social mobility (update from April 2013)
Robbie Coleman, Research and Communications Manager, Education Endowment Foundation

09:50 - 10:20
Keynote 2

Supporting effective use of the Pupil Premium - Tackling disadvantage and raising attainment
John Dunford, National Pupil Premium Champion, Department for Education

10:20 - 10:50
Keynote 3

The ‘Toolkit of Strategies’ to improve learning (update from April 2013)
Professor Steve Higgins, Durham University

10:50 - 11:00

Questions

11:00 - 11:30

Morning refreshments

11:30 - 12:00
Keynote 4

Overcoming disadvantage
Kevin Brennan MP, Labour Member of Parliament for Cardiff West and Shadow Minister for Schools

12:00 - 12:50

Streamed Sessions 1

1A - Achievement for All and
the effective use of Pupil
Premium
Whole-school improvement
framework that raises the
aspirations, access and
achievement of vulnerable
and disadvantaged pupils,
supported by the PPG

Sue Briggs, Achievement Lead

1B - Pupil Premium:
Using targeted tuition to
narrow the attainment gap

Primary case study

Gary Hampton, Headteacher,
Harefield Primary School

1C - Pupil Premium: an
Ofsted perspective

Best-practice outcome
reporting: templates and
strategies to evidence and
demonstrate impact of PPG to
Ofsted

Jean Gross CBE, Independent
Expert and Author

1D - Catch Up Numeracy
Research Project
(Update from 2013)

Using the PPG to provide
effective one-to-one tutoring

Clare Manghan and Alison
Haines, Catch Up Accredited
Trainers and Consultants

12:50 - 13:45

Lunch

13:45 - 14:15
Keynote 5

The new National Curriculum in England: what does it mean for struggling learners?
Dee Reid, Catch Up Co-creator and Consultant

14:15 - 15:05

Streamed Sessions 2

2A - Effective feedback:

Bringing teachers together
to understand and apply
effective feedback in the
classroom

Beverley Gardner,
Executive Headteacher,
Trinitas Academy Trust

2B - Pupil Premium:
Harnessing data to target,
evaluate and improve Pupil
Premium spending
Secondary case study

Denise Newsome, Principal,
Babington Community College,
PP Awards Secondary School
winner

2C - Catch Up Literacy

Using the PPG to provide
effective one-to-one tutoring
in primary and secondary
schools and at transition

Dee Reid, Catch Up Co-creator
and Consultant

2D - Talking Maths

Intervention programme
which targets speaking and
listening skills for pupils in
Years 1 to 7 in the context of
mathematical language

Sam Adams,
Education Works Ltd

15:05 - 15:25

Afternoon refreshments

15:25 - 16:15

Streamed Sessions 3

3A - Effective feedback:
(repeat of 2A)

Bringing teachers together
to understand and apply
effective feedback in the
classroom

Beverley Gardner,
Executive Headteacher,
Trinitas Academy Trust

3B - Pupil Premium:
Policy into Practice

Primary school case study

Lynne Gavin, Headteacher,
Pakeman Primary in London, PP
Awards Primary School winner

3C - Pupil Premium: an
Ofsted perspective (repeat
of 1C)

Best-practice outcome
reporting: templates and
strategies to evidence and
demonstrate impact of PPG to
Ofsted

Jean Gross CBE, Independent
Expert and Author

3D-
One-to-one tutoring
Switch On - Literacy
Transition project

Using the PPG to provide
effective one-to-one tutoring
for the most vulnerable
underachieving pupils as they
transfer to secondary school

Paula Burrell, ECaR Teacher
Leader, Support to Schools,
Children, Families and Cultural
Services

16:15

Conference Close