Leading Effective Disadvantage Provision for Secondary School Pupils

The programme will support effective planning for disadvantaged pupils in secondary schools, showing how to measure the impact of strategies but also in knowing what to stop doing. Marc Rowland will share his expertise to teach and empower participants, also presenting on social isolation and focusing on what strong leadership of school culture and expectations can look like as a key in unlocking better outcomes.
Meaningful participation is vital for improved outcomes and this programme offers not only a face-to-face session at RTSA Adult Learning Centre but three additional online sessions, the final one underpinned by a strong and useful evaluation and gap task to strengthen strategic planning moving forward.

Marc has published numerous articles and books on addressing educational disadvantage. He has carried out a number of area-based studies focused on improving educational disadvantage and has helped over a thousand schools. Marc has provided support to the DfE on the use and impact of the pupil premium grant and led the introduction of Jersey pupil premium.

Secondary

By the end of the sessions you will be able to:

● Support effective planning for disadvantaged pupils in secondary schools

● Evidence best practice

● Measure the impact of strategies

PLEASE NOTE - EEF Resources will be issued to support

“Incredibly informative and inspiring. Has given me so much to think about and a renewed energy for ensuring our PP strategy truly benefits our pupils”

“The chance to take the time and listen to high quality key note speakers whilst being given the opportunity to reflect on and discuss our practice has been amazing”

“Engaging, informative, real examples and lots to take away and implement”

“Marc, you have so much expertise to share and wonderful insights from your work across many hundreds of schools. You absolutely captivated the audience and gave them so much to reflect on and hopefully act on!”

Out of 44 schools having already engaged with Marc’s training 100% strongly agreed the programme would improve their practice and they would recommend the programme going forward

Marc is the adviser for improving outcomes for disadvantaged learners for the Unity Schools Partnership, a large cross-phase Multi Academy Trust based in the East of England.

Marc works with the Education Endowment Foundation’s national Research School Network on a range of programmes. He is also currently working on a range of long-term programmes focussed on educational disadvantage nationally, including Essex, Wakefield, Enfield, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northants, Sheffield, South Gloucestershire, Surrey and West Sussex LAs, and the Stoke on Trent Opportunity Area.

Marc is / has also been working with the Jersey government for five years on the introduction and implementation of a ‘Jersey Pupil Premium’. This has led to a marked improvement in outcomes over time for disadvantaged pupils there.

Marc works with, and advises the Department for Education on addressing educational disadvantage in schools. He has worked with over 800 individual schools to support them with their strategies to improve outcomes for disadvantaged pupils.

Marc is the education adviser to the Driftwood Association, a Swiss charitable foundation running education and development projects in Nepal.

He was formerly director of the Research School at Rosendale Primary School in Lambeth, and the Deputy Director of the National Education Trust (now NET Academies Trust).

Marc has worked / is working with numerous Opportunity Areas, Local Authorities, Multi Academy Trusts, Teaching School Alliances and groups of schools nationally on long term projects to support better outcomes for disadvantaged pupils.

Marc’s most recent book ‘Addressing Educational Disadvantage’ was published in February 2021. The second edition of his award-winning book, ‘An Updated Practical Guide to the Pupil Premium’, was published in December 2015 (John Catt Educational). His book ‘Learning without Labels’ was published by John Catt in March 2017.

Day 1 - Tuesday 21 January 2025 - 0930 - 1500 - F2F (RTSA Conference Centre, Oldway Primary School, Paignton, TQ3 2SY)

• Refreshments will be provided throughout the day
• Delegates must provide their own lunch

Day 2 - Thursday 20 March 2025 - 1530 - 1700 online

Day 3 - Wednesday 25 June 2025 - 1530 - 1700 online

Day 4 - Wednesday 9 July 2025 - 1530 - 1700 online

SWIFT members: £220

Other colleagues: £270

Check whether your school has SWIFT membership for 2024/25 HERE.

*If membership status changes following booking, RTSA reserve the right to change the charge of the programme to a non-member cost.

Please note: Payment is by INVOICE ONLY. Please select invoice as the payment method at check out.

SWIFT Partner providing course (including invoicing) is Riviera Training School Alliance (Riviera Education Trust).

You will receive a confirmation of booking from Eventbrite. All further correspondence will come from [email protected]; please ensure you check your junk mail box and approve the email to ensure you receive important event details.

If you are unable to attend on the day, or are sending someone else in your place, please let us know. Please be aware that failure to cancel your space can incur your school a cost.

• More than 21 days to date of event: Full refund available (minus £25 admin fee)
• Between 20-7 days to date of event: 50% refund available (minus £25 admin fee)
• 6 days or less to date of event: No refund available (plus £25 admin fee)

Should a training course recruit insufficient numbers to make it viable, we reserve the right to cancel the course, without penalty, giving minimum notice of 24 hours.

Full Terms and Conditions are available HERE.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Oldway Primary School, Higher Polsham Road, Paignton, United Kingdom