Pupil inclusion, wellbeing, behaviour and attendance

Guidance and services

• Supporting adopted children: letter to schools
  A letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Education on how schools can support adopted children.
• Summer schools directory
  A list of summer school events that may help disadvantaged learners.
• Pupil Development Grant: overview
  How the Pupil Development Grant is allocated and used to help children and young people reach their full potential.
• Pupil Development Grant and looked after children: frequently asked questions
  How education providers should use the Pupil Development Grant to support looked after children.
• Pupil Development Grant: third and private sector resources for schools tackling deprivation
  Guidance on buying in outside expertise to help tackle the impacts of deprivation on educational attainment.
• Designated person for looked after children in schools: guidance
  Guidance for education providers on the role of the designated person for looked after children.
• What can the Early Years Pupil Development Grant be used for?
  Flowchart to help you find out if planned activities are eligible for the early years deprivation grant.
• Early Years Pupil Development Grant: guidance
  Guidance on the grant and how to use it to reduce the impact of poverty on educational achievement for 3 and 4 year olds.
• Pupil Development Grant: what really works?
  Guidance for schools tackling poverty in education for 5 to 15 year olds.
• Pupil Development Grant: improving access to arts and cultural activity
  How to use the pupil development grant to help raise the aspirations of deprived learners through access to the arts.
• Pupil Development Grant: guidance
  Guidance on what it is and how to use it to reduce the impact of poverty on educational achievement.
• Pupil Development Grant (PDG): poster for schools
  Shows the best ways to improve the attainment of 5 to 15 year olds affected by poverty.
• Family and community engagement (FaCE)
  Resources to help schools involve families and communities in children’s learning.
• Pupil Development Grant: letter
  Letter explaining the name change and amount of funding available.
• What can the Pupil Development Grant be used for?
  Flowchart to help you find out if planned activities are eligible for the pupil development grant.
• Teaching and learning toolkit by the Education Endowment Foundation
  A guide for schools on methods to improve learning for disadvantaged pupils. It includes details of the benefits and costs of each method.
• Early Years Pupil Development Grant (EYPDG): What really works for the early years?
  Guidance for schools on the EYPDG and how to use it to help 3 and 4 year olds affected by poverty.
• School Essentials Grant
  Funding to buy school uniform, equipment, sports kit and kit for activities outside of school for your child.
• Early Years Pupil Development Grant (EYPDG): poster for education providers
  Shows the best ways to improve the attainment of 3 and 4 year olds affected by poverty.
• The Price of Pupil Poverty
  A resource for education providers on how they can reduce the cost of the school day.

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• Pupil Development Grant: allocations for looked after children
  Report
  List of funding allocated to regional education consortia.
• Ambitions and educational attainment of children looked after: strategy and progress
  Collection
  Our programme to support activities which have a positive effect on the lives and education of children looked after.
• Pupil Development Grant and Early Years Pupil Development Grant: allocations
  Report
  List of funding allocations to schools.
• Ambition and attainment in schools: strategy and impact assessment
  Collection
  Our programme to tackle the link between poverty and underachievement in schools. Also an assessment of how it affects equality of opportunity.
• Review of the Pupil Development Grant (PDG): final report
  Report
  A review of the success of PDG funding in reducing the impact of poverty on educational attainment.
• Rewriting the future 2015: a year on
  Report
  A summary of what we did to reduce the impact of poverty on underachievement in schools from June 2014 to May 2015.
• Pupil development grant (PDG) – Access: equalities impact assessment
  Impact assessment
  An assessment of how the PDG – Access grant affects equality of opportunity.