Jan 27, 2016 - Harry Chapman, Director of Partnerships and Outreach, King's College School, Wimbledon. Questions and com
Westminster Education Forum Keynote Seminar: Social mobility and education ‐ school choice, character education and the Pupil Premium Timing: Morning, Wednesday, 27th January 2016 Venue: Royal Over‐Seas League, Over‐Seas House, Park Place, St James's Street, London SW1A 1LR
Agenda subject to change
8.30 ‐ 9.00
Registration and coffee
9.00 ‐ 9.05
Chair’s opening remarks Baroness Howells of St Davids, Member, House of Lords Social Mobility Committee
9.05 ‐ 9.25
Tackling social inequality in education ‐ the context Professor Sonia Blandford, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Achievement for All Questions and comments from the floor
9.25 ‐ 10.15
Improving access to good and outstanding schools How justified are some claims that the admissions system is insufficiently fair and unnecessarily complex in places ‐ what more can be done to address such concerns? Are sufficient efforts being made to improve access to ‘outstanding’ schools for students in the most deprived areas of the country; what further steps can be taken to ensure a better geographical spread of high‐quality education provision? To what extent would suggestions of a two‐tier pass mark, which would set a lower 11+ qualification for children from poorer backgrounds, increase the number of high‐achieving disadvantaged pupils in grammar schools? How valid are suggestions that performance league tables disincentivise schools from taking on pupils receiving free school meals (FSM) and those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND); what more can be done to improve the representation of these pupils in high‐performing schools? Should independent and state schools be encouraged to work more collaboratively ‐ would such an approach be likely to impact on social mobility and what examples of best practice currently exist?
Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain, Chair, Accord Coalition for Inclusive Education Alan Parker, former Director of Education, London Borough of Ealing and Schools Adjudicator Paul Barber, Director, Catholic Education Service Peter Slough, Director of Access, Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI, West Midlands Harry Chapman, Director of Partnerships and Outreach, King’s College School, Wimbledon Questions and comments from the floor
10.15 ‐ 10.20
Chair’s closing remarks Baroness Howells of St Davids, Member, House of Lords Social Mobility Committee
10.20 ‐ 10.50
Coffee
10.50 ‐ 10.55
Chair’s opening remarks Adam Afriyie MP
10.55 ‐ 11.05
Does ability grouping affect social mobility? Professor Becky Francis, Professor of Education and Social Justice, King’s College London
11.05 ‐ 11.15
The impact of teaching quality on pupil achievement Heath Monk, Chief Executive, The Future Leaders Trust
11.15 ‐ 11.25
Priorities for social mobility and education Dr Abigail McKnight, Associate Professorial Research Fellow, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE), London School of Economics and Political Science and Author, Downward mobility, opportunity hoarding and the ‘glass floor’
11.25 ‐ 11.55
Questions and comments from the floor
11.55 ‐ 12.05
Case study: optimising the Pupil Premium Dame Sharon Hollows, Principal, Charter Academy, Portsmouth and National Winner, Pupil Premium Awards 2015
12.05 ‐ 12.55
Raising attainment ‐ the Pupil Premium, character education and educational enrichment How effective has the Pupil Premium been in reducing the national attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers? Will government’s £3.5 million grant scheme for character education, designed to improve teaching in skills such as resilience and ‘grit’, be likely to improve the aspirations and expectations of students from poorer backgrounds? What steps can be taken to improve out of school enrichment opportunities for disadvantaged students; might proposals for ‘enrichment vouchers’, which would support participation in cultural outings, provide a possible template for how this might be achieved? What more can be done to support parents with the cost of school services, such as trips, uniforms and extra‐curricular activities; would introducing caps on school charges provide a possible solution, as called for by some parents and teaching unions? Given that nearly twice as many advantaged as disadvantaged high achieving students take one or more A‐level subject seen as providing access to good universities, what steps can be taken to encourage more pupils to take up ‘facilitating’ subjects? What more can be done to improve careers advice in schools and provide meaningful work experience opportunities?
Ian Wybron, Researcher, Demos Dr Patrick Roach, Deputy General Secretary, NASUWT Anand Shukla, Chief Executive, Brightside Trust Roger Taylor, Chair, Open Public Services Network (OPSN) Programme, RSA Tim Boyes, Chief Executive Officer, Birmingham Education Partnership Questions and comments from the floor with Dame Sharon Hollows, Principal, Charter Academy, Portsmouth and National Winner, Pupil Premium Awards 2015
12.55 ‐ 13.00
Chair’s and Westminster Education Forum closing remarks Adam Afriyie MP Neil Andrews, Senior Researcher, Westminster Education Forum
