Pupil Premium strategy reviews: Express your interest

Information about Pupil Premium strategy reviews

Thank you for your interest in a Pupil Premium strategy review. Please read the information below carefully before completing the questions that follow.

What is on offer?

Starting in early 2027, the Research Schools Network will work with individual schools and provide advice and support to help them plan, implement and evaluate improvements to their Pupil Premium strategy. This will help them make sure that they’re making the most of their Pupil Premium funding and centring their plans on evidence-backed approaches.

Each review is expected to take around two terms. The Research Schools Network will work with school leaders, teachers and pupils to understand the local context and the challenges the school is facing.

Through a mixture of online meetings and in-person school visits, the reviews will provide reflections on areas for development and signpost to helpful resources to help further improve the strategy. Follow-up support will help schools put changes into practice.

Who is eligible?

Schools are eligible for support if they are in the lowest 25% nationally for disadvantaged pupils' attainment. This is based on 3 year average attainment outcomes for disadvantaged pupils for academic years 22/23, 23/24 and 24/25 provided by the Department for Education.

For primary schools this is based on the percentage of disadvantaged pupils achieving expected levels in Reading, Writing and Maths (below: 36.67%). For secondary schools this is based on Attainment 8 (below 32.17).

Some schools may not be included if their cohorts were too small, or where there were gaps in data between years that could not be reconciled.

Our overall aim is to ensure the reviews target schools where support has the greatest potential to improve outcomes for disadvantaged pupils.

You can determine if your school qualifies by typing the school name into the box below.

If your school is not on this list, you are not eligible for a Pupil Preview strategy review. However, you may wish to look into broader support that your local Research School can offer - click here to find out more.

School information

Provide the name of your school

Start typing the name of your school and then use the drop down list to select the full details. If your school name does not appear in the drop down, this indicates that you are not eligible for a statement review (you can read more about eligibility at the top of the page).

Contact information

Provide the full name of the individual that we should contact about the review

Provide the job title of the individual that we should contact about the review

Provide the email address of the individual that we should contact about the review

Provide a contact phone number

This could be a direct line to the individual that we should contact about the review or a general phone number for the school

Your reasoning for seeking a Pupil Premium strategy review

Provide a short (~150 words) statement to explain why you are interested in receiving a Pupil Premium strategy review.

Review & submit

Thank you again for your interest in a Pupil Premium strategy review. Before clicking submit below please carefully review the information that you have provided to ensure that it is correct.

What happens next?
For eligible schools, we expect to be able to match you with a Research School shortly after the deadline for expressions of interest has passed on Friday 27th November 23:59.

A contact from a Research School will then get in touch with you to arrange an initial phone call to discuss the Pupil Premium strategy review in more detail.

If you have any urgent questions in the meantime, please contact us at info@researchschool.org.uk.

Data processing
The EEF will use the contact details and statement you provide to check your school’s eligibility, match you with a Research School, and arrange an initial conversation about a Pupil Premium strategy review.

We process this information on the basis of our legitimate interests in overseeing the reviews. Your answers are collected using FormAssembly, which acts as our data processor. For more information, please see the Research Schools Network privacy notices.

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