Around £1.5m will be available from the foundation each year to support work unlikely to get statutory funding because it is new, unorthodox or overlooked.
"We are keen to back work that tackles thorny educational issues and improves young people's educational attainment and motivation, particularly where it is likely to influence national policy and practice," funding guidelines state.
Projects the foundation is interested in funding include those strengthening the role of schools in the community, early interventions to enhance the language, literacy, numeracy and social skills of disadvantaged children and ways to improve continuity for vulnerable young people at points of educational transition.
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