The link between Pupil Premium spending and high-quality teaching should be the priority for all schools, the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has said.

New guidance from the charity offers schools advice on spending the Pupil Premium funding for disadvantaged students effectively.

Drawing upon the range the EEF’s Teaching and Learning Toolkit meta-analyses and research reviews, the guidance offers five key principles for Pupil Premium spending, including effective implementation, a focus on high and middle attainers, quality teaching, and evidence-informed interventions.

It says that schools should take a tiered approach, with teaching considered the top priority, including issues such as recruitment, retention, support for early career teachers, and CPD.

The second tier is then targeted academic support for struggling pupils, including linking one-to-one or small group interventions to classroom teaching.

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