1. Pupil Equity Funding
Kathryn Paterson, CYPIC Improvement Advisor, Scottish Government
Bill Scott-Watson, Acting Head, Scottish Attainment Challenge Policy Unit, Scottish Government
Intro –
Hello my name is and intro everyone else
Health & Safety –
Fire Drill
Toilets
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2. Breakout Norms All Teach All Learn Open and Safe Environment
Parking Lot
Have fun

3. Breakout Objectives
Gain an increased understanding of Pupil Equity Funding and learn more about the policy itself
Opportunity to hear from teams who have been using improvement methodology to support their PEF related work
Opportunity to discuss how improvement methodology could support on-going PEF related work

4. How We’ll Spend Our Time
Policy Presentation
Local Authority Presentation
Q&A
Group Discussion

5. Acting Head, Scottish Attainment Challenge Policy Unit
Bill Scott-Watson
Acting Head, Scottish Attainment Challenge Policy Unit
Intro –
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Health & Safety –
Fire Drill
Toilets
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6. The Attainment Challenge and Attainment Scotland Fund – 2017-18
Pupil Equity Funding
£45m
Challenge Authorities and Schools Programme
£5m
National
Programmes
A small number of nationally funded programmes which support the Scottish Attainment Challenge, including teacher recruitment, professional learning, supporting aspirations.
Literacy
Health and Wellbeing
Targeted specific and additional interventions to narrow the inequity gap in the 9 Challenge Authorities and 74 schools with the highest concentrations of pupils living in areas of multiple deprivation
Funding support to all schools with P1-S3 pupils from low income families (95% of schools)
Numeracy

7. Pupil Equity Funding Schools Pupils Funding Primary 1,928 75,735
£90,882,000
Secondary (S1-3)
358
22,043
£26,451,600
Special
113
2,395
£2,874,000
TOTAL
2,399
100,173
£120,207,600
*£1,200 per pupil registered for free school meals in P1-S3 (or equivalent)
+95% of all schools, 17.5% of all pupils P1-S3

8. Pupil Equity Funding – key principles / expectations for headteachers
PEF must be additional to existing activities
Targeted interventions – funding is to close poverty related attainment gap
Clear, evidenced-based rationale for plans and activities
Partnership working – with LA, other schools, 3rd sector etc.
Parents and carers, children and young people and other key stakeholders engaged in the planning process
Plans from the outset to evaluate impact
Existing school improvement planning and reporting procedures

9. Education Support Officer Falkirk Council
Gayle Martin-Brown
Education Support Officer
Falkirk Council
Intro –
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Health & Safety –
Fire Drill
Toilets
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10. Poverty Related Gap in Falkirk
17% of pupils FME, ranging from 11% - 25%
61 out of 62 schools in receipt of funding, ranging from £1,200 to £152,400
98% of schools with funding, requiring support for data, financial management and tracking
£3,538,800 funds, 2,949 pupils
Two SAC schools
Intro –
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Health & Safety –
Fire Drill
Toilets
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11. Content 61 with PEF and approx. 250 interventions
Need to gather overview of all programmes
Categorise to monitor and report
Create a toolkit to support schools

12. Falkirk High HWB Logic Model

13. PEF Toolkit PDSA Record of Activity PEF gap flow chart
Logic Model template
Budget template
Contract template

14. PDSA Record of Activity

15. PEF gap flowchart Gather Data Identify gaps Challenges Interventions
Short Term Outcomes
Long Term Outcomes

17. Data Split programmes into three sections: Compiled data to include:
Across all
Literacy & Numeracy
Health & Wellbeing
Compiled data to include:
Spend
Jobs
Cluster allocations
Partnerships

18. Data 47% Health & Wellbeing 29% Literacy & Numeracy 16% Across All
8% funds still to allocate (July 2017)
55 FTE of new posts, 14% teachers & 12% EYO’s
6% working with partners, 4% of overall spend with Speech & Language

19. HWB Data 66% of programmes focusing on Inclusion and Family Engagement
30% of programmes focussing on Mental Health & Nurture
‘Young people living in poverty do not engage in wider achievement opportunities % of our young people live in SIMD 1-3, we believe that the addition of a Wider Achievement Teacher will make a significantly positive impact to achievements of the majority of our young people.’
Falkirk High School, Scottish Attainment Challenge Secondary School

20. Monitoring & Reporting
Areas of focus to monitor impact
Attainment
Attendance
Inclusion/exclusion
Participation (wider school life)
Engagement (families)
Reports generated in January & June 2018

21. Spread and Scale
Reports to support schools and influence future programmes
Participating in Scottish Coaching for Leadership & Improvement programme
Work in partnership with Beancross PS to build capacity
Support all schools to implement methodology

22. Thank you Intro – Hello my name is and intro everyone else
Health & Safety –
Fire Drill
Toilets
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23. Group Discussion Questions
How are you monitoring and evaluating your Pupil Equity Funding work?
How comfortable are you in using improvement methodology to inform your on-going Pupil Equity Funding related work?
What further support might you need to incorporate improvement methodology into your work?

24. Thankyou!