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The Difficulties of Judging What Difference the Pupil Premium Has Made to School Intakes and Outcomes in England
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Gorard, Stephen; Siddiqui, Nadia; See, Beng Huat – Research Papers in Education, 2021
Pupil Premium funding has been provided to schools in England since 2011, to help overcome socio-economic segregation between schools, and reduce the poverty attainment gap. Yet there is little evidence such an approach is effective. Some important stakeholders are considering whether Pupil Premium should stop or be re-routed. It is therefore…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Educational Policy
How Trajectories of Disadvantage Help Explain School Attainment
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Gorard, Stephen; Siddiqui, Nadia – SAGE Open, 2019
This article illustrates the links between different ways of assessing disadvantage at school and subsequent qualification outcomes at age 16 in England. Our previous work has compared variables that represent current or recent snapshots of disadvantage (such as eligibility for free school meals [FSM]) with long-term summary variables and found…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement, Poverty
Experiencing Fairness at School: An International Study
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Gorard, Stephen – International Journal of Educational Research, 2012
This paper uses survey responses from around 13,000 grade 9 pupils in French-speaking Belgium, the Czech Republic, England, France and Italy to examine their experiences of fairness in schools. Can differences between countries, types of schools or interactions with teachers, influence what pupils regard as fair, either at school or more widely?…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Surveys, Grade 9, Secondary School Students
A Comparison of Segregation Indices Used for Assessing the Socio-Economic Composition of Schools. Measuring Markets: The Case of the ERA 1988. Working Paper.
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Gorard, Stephen; Taylor, Chris – 2000
This paper examines the changing socioeconomic composition of English and Welsh schools over 11 years following the Education Reform Act of 1988, using many indicators of socioeconomic disadvantage and methods of measuring the changing spread of disadvantage among schools (segregation). It explains how to assess segregation (percentage differences…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Discrimination, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Specialist Schools in England: Track Record and Future Prospect. Measuring Markets: The Case of the ERA 1988. Occasional Paper.
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Gorard, Stephen; Taylor, Chris – 2001
This paper examines the impact of England's specialist school program on secondary school admissions, discussing the early impact of policies intended to create specialist schools on school composition. Specialist schools are given extra resources to develop best practices in one of four areas of expertise: arts, technology, sports, and language.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Admission (School), Diversity (Student)
Local Education Authorities and the Regulation of Educational Markets: Four Case Studies. Measuring Markets: The Case of the ERA 1988. Occasional Paper.
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Fitz, John; Taylor, Chris; Gorard, Stephen; White, Patrick – 2001
This paper presents four case studies that are part of a larger study on admissions arrangements and impacts on school admissions for all local education authorities (LEAs) in England and Wales. It examines factors influencing the social composition of schools. A total of 23 LEAs completed interviews about their secondary school admissions…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Admission (School), Case Studies