CYP Now - Research Report: Spending it Wisely - How Can Schools Use Their Resources to Help Poorer Pupils?

This study, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, used data from the National Pupil Database to investigate which children in schools benefit most from having money spent on them and which groups of children benefit from different types of spending.

Authors Dr Birgitta Rabe, University of Essex, Professor Cheti Nicoletti, University of York

Published by The Economic and Social Research Council Centre on Micro-social Change, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, November 2014

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Summary

The database contains information on 359,470 siblings who took GCSE examinations between 2007 and 2010.

The researchers looked at what would happen if different groups of pupils had an extra £1,000 spent on them every year. Looking at attainment, it found spending in secondary schools was most productive when focused on pupils doing well at the end of primary school. These pupils improved more when extra money was spent on them than those lagging behind.

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