News & blogs from Somerset Research School

Disadvantage in the South West By Dave Fordon, Pupil Premium Lead at St Bartholomew’s CofE Primary School.

 
This Guest blog is written by Dave Fordon, Pupil Premium Lead at St Bartholomew’s CofE Primary School. St Bartholomew’s CofE Primary School is a member of the Quantock Education Trust. At the school, 21% of children are on the SEND register, and 32.9% are in receipt of Pupil Premium funding. Notably, 35% of those receiving Pupil Premium funding are also on the SEND register. Given this overlap, it has been crucial for the School SENCO, Lucy Edwards, and me to work closely together. The attendance rate for children in receipt of Pupil Premium funding was 93.38% during the 2023 – 2024 academic year.
 

To Lead is to collaborate: putting implementation into practice, by Lauren Fabian-Miller

This guest blog is written by Lauren Fabian-Miller, our newest Evidence Advocate (EA) here at Somerset Research School. Lauren leads Science and Reading at a two-form entry primary school in central Bristol. Here, she considers what is suggested in the recently updated guidance report from The EEF: A Schools’ Guide to Implementation. In particular she focuses on Recommendation 3: Use a structured but flexible implementation process.

Implementation in Action

This guest blog is written by Jaimie Lall-Sachdev (Teaching & Learning) and Louise Gregg (Reading), both Assistant Headteachers from Haygrove School. The school is a mixed, comprehensive secondary school in Bridgwater, Somerset that is on a journey of improvement. Jaimie and Louise share how they have used the EEF’s implementation framework and tools to support their school improvement work.