1. Using Pupil Premium
For children who have been looked after
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2. Early Years
2 year olds entitled to a free early education
place (570 hours over 38 weeks)
3 and 4 year olds get Early Years Pupil Premium
£300
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3. Primary and Secondary
April 2014 pupil premium introduced for all
children adopted from care, reception to year 11
£1900
Paid directly to schools
Not ring-fenced
Priority admissions from December 2014
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4. Pupil Premium – next steps
Comparison of attainment levels
Strengthen evidence base
Encourage and develop workforce
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5. Resources
Pupil Premium: FAQs, First4Adoption
Pupil Premium for Adopted Children – Case Studies,
Caroline Thomas, BAAF/DfE, March 2015
Yellow Kite – Louise Bomber (What About Me? Inside
I’m Hurting)
Attachment Aware Schools – Bath Spa University,
BANES council, National College for Teaching and
Leadership
Let’s Learn Together – a guide for parents and
teachers of adopted children in primary school in
Northern Ireland, Adoption UK, Health and Social
Care NI
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6. What works?
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7. What works?
Seeing and experiencing the school environment
from the point of view of the child
Listening to children
Attachment figure
Significant adults
Safe base
‘Time out’ card
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8. What works?
Flexibility of thinking – rewards/punishments,
timetabling
Planning for success
Understanding measures of success
Not sweating the small stuff
Homework considerations
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9. What works?
regulation
connection
reasoning
self care
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10. What works?
Random Acts of Kindness, including ‘you did that
really well’
‘Let me help you with that’
Close supervision
Unconditional good times
‘It was wrong but I get why’
‘I need to tell you what’s happening tomorrow’
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11. What works?
Strong school/parent partnership
Regular reviews (Education Pack for Adopted
Children)
Continual learning
Therapeutic methods modelled by leaders and
reflected throughout the school
Working with Virtual Schools – Windsor and
Maidenhead
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12. A change in mindset
‘bringing in these changes has benefitted many of
our children, not only those children who are
adopted or looked after’
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