Raising achievement
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Interventions to raise achievement
- Alternative provision: how to choose and work with providers Download our alternative provision (AP) audit to help you decide whether a provider is suitable for your pupils. Plus, find out how Ofsted inspects your AP and how you should work with the provider during your pupil's stay there.
- Closing the gap in primary schools Learn how to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils in your school. Find out how to identify barriers to learning, select targeted interventions based on evidence, and how to evaluate your progress.
- Evaluating intervention strategies: advice and tracking tool Use our tool to help you monitor the effectiveness of your interventions. Get expert advice on the types of evidence to look for and how to present this to governors.
- Handwriting interventions for pupils with SEN Discover intervention plans and resources to improve the handwriting of pupils with special educational needs (SEN). See what’s available commercially, and learn what other schools are doing.
- Intervention strategies for English and maths (primary) Use our guide to help you navigate the huge number of primary intervention strategies that are out there. Understand what makes a good intervention, and how best to implement them in your school.
- Intervention strategies (secondary) How can we accelerate progress among low attaining pupils? We look at the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) toolkit, which includes research on effective interventions. We also look specifically at literacy interventions and examples of interventions run by secondary schools.
- Raising attainment in maths (primary) Follow our 5-step guide to find out how you can raise attainment in maths across your school. Know what good practice looks like and use it on a whole-school or teacher level.
- School reopening: how to help disadvantaged pupils catch up School closures are likely to reverse progress made to narrow the attainment gap in the last decade, and the gap could widen by up to 75%. Find out what evidence-based measures you can take, and how to spend your pupil premium funding, to mitigate this and reduce the gap in your school.
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Raising the achievement of groups
- Action plan to raise progress: template and guidance Identify the groups of pupils you need to raise progress for, then download our action plan template and follow expert advice to create your own. It includes an example focused on boys' writing, but can be adapted for any group of underachieving pupils.
- English as an additional language (EAL): definition and recording guidance Know when a pupil has EAL, and how to record languages spoken by a pupil on your school census and in your own internal records.
- Improving writing for pupils with SEND Find strategies to help your pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to improve their writing and boost their confidence.
- Raising the attainment of pupils with SEN Mobilise your whole school to raise the attainment of pupils with special educational needs (SEN). Learn strategies for meeting each pupil's academic and wellbeing needs, and how to choose and evaluate appropriate interventions.
- Supporting pupils with EAL to access the curriculum Understand the needs of children with EAL and find a range of tools to help teachers guide them through the challenges of the curriculum, from a strategic seating plan to differentiated activities. See how one school embedded support for EAL pupils into its inclusion policy.
