皇冠体育app

皇冠体育app basic maths premium pilot will be open to post-16 providers based in selected areas. 皇冠体育app pilot will run from autumn 2018 for 2 years for the academic year 2018 to 2019 cohort.

皇冠体育app aims of the pilot are to:

• assess which funding approach is most effective at improving outcomes for students with prior attainment of a grade 3 or below in GCSE maths
• identify how the additional funding is used by institutions, and to build up an evidence base on which activities lead to improvements in teaching and learning
• support some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country with additional funding during the pilot

Eligibility

To be eligible your institution must:

• be funded through the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA)
• have the main campus in a category 5 or 6 area as identified in the Department for Education鈥檚 鈥榓chieving excellence areas鈥� methodology on page 13
• have students enrolled on a 16 to 19 study programme without prior attainment of a GCSE grade 4 or above for the 2018 to 2019 academic year cohort

Scope of the pilot

皇冠体育app basic maths premium pilot will test the impact of 拢500 of additional funds per student for post-16 providers through 3 funding approaches. 皇冠体育appy are:

1. 100% of the additional funding to be paid upfront per each eligible student
2. 50% of the additional funding to be paid upfront per each eligible student, and 50% of the additional funding to be paid per student who achieves in maths by summer 2020
3. 100% of the additional funding to be paid per student who achieves in maths by summer 2020

皇冠体育app definition of achievement for the purpose of the pilot closely aligns to the condition of funding policy:

• students with prior attainment of a grade 3 in GCSE maths need to achieve a grade 4 or above in GCSE maths
• students with prior attainment of a grade 2 or below in GCSE maths need to achieve a grade 4 or above in GCSE maths, or a Functional Skills Level 2 in maths

Using the basic maths premium effectively

皇冠体育app basic maths premium pilot funding is additional to your 16 to 19 allocation. We expect you to use the additional funding or incentive of additional funding to improve the outcomes of low attaining maths students.

Institutions will have flexibility over how to spend the additional funding. You should only use programmes and approaches that are known to be effective. For example, the funding could be used to pay for:

• more teaching hours
• smaller class sizes
• use of technology

You can find examples in our research report about how to effectively teach and deliver maths to 16 to 18 year olds.

You can also use the .

Opting in

Payment arrangement

Payments will be made by the ESFA to eligible institutions. 皇冠体育app:

• upfront payment will be paid in academic year 2018 to 2019
• result-based payment will be paid in academic year 2020 to 2021

Evaluation

皇冠体育app evaluation will be carried out by NatCen. By opting in, all institutions agree to participate in the pilot and submit an interim and end of academic year report displaying how the additional funding has been spent.

皇冠体育app aim of the evaluation is to assess which funding approach is the most effective at improving outcomes, and to identify good practice in using the additional funding to achieve this improvement.

Contact us

If you have any enquiries about the basic maths premium pilot, please contact us.