What support works? Inquiry into attainment and achievement of school children experiencing poverty

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Overview
Report
- Introduction
  - How we took evidence on this inquiry
    
    Membership
- Summary of recommendations
  - Impact of attainment
    
    The poverty-related attainment gap
    
    How does poverty impact on children and their education?
  - Leadership and teaching approaches
    
    Leadership
    
    Achievement and a broad curriculum
    
    Teaching
  - Scottish Attainment Challenge and Pupil Equity Funding
    
    Resources and additionality
    
    Challenges
    
    Procurement
    
    Staffing
    
    Accountability
  - Barriers to participation
    
    Cost of the school day - charging for school activities
    
    Hunger
    
    Uniforms
  - Community based support and youth work in schools
  - Parental involvement
    
    Parent Councils
    
    Home and school partnerships
- Impact of poverty on attainment and education
  - The poverty-related attainment gap
    
    How accurate are the indicators used to measure deprivation?
  - How does poverty impact on children and their education?
    
    An increase in child poverty
    
    How can education be 'poverty proofed'?
- Leadership and teaching approaches
  - Leadership
    
    Achievement and a broad curriculum
  - Teaching
- Scottish Attainment Challenge and Pupil Equity Funding
  - Resources and additionality
  - Challenges
    
    Procurement
    
    Staffing
  - Accountability
- Barriers to participation
  - Cost of the school day
  - Stigma
  - Hunger
  - Uniforms
- Community based support and youth work in schools
- Parental involvement
  - Support for learning
  - Parent Councils
  - Home and school partnerships
- Annexe
  - Evidence
    
    Official reports
    
    Informal discussions and visits
    
    Written submissions
  - Extracts of minutes
- Introduction
- Summary of recommendations
- Impact of poverty on attainment and education
- Leadership and teaching approaches
- Scottish Attainment Challenge and Pupil Equity Funding
- Barriers to participation
- Community based support and youth work in schools
- Parental involvement
- Annexe
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Image: Community meeting on 16 May 2018 at the Muirhouse Millennium Centre. …

Graph showing an almost straight line for the percentage of young people attaining SQCF level 6 when leaving school by SIMD decile. For the most deprived SIMD decile 40% attain this level and for people from the least deprived decile, 84% attain this level of qualification.

Image: The poverty-related attainment gap …

Image: Child poverty rates …

Image: Satwat Rehman, Nancy Clunie and Brian Scott during an evidence session on 2 May 2018. …

Image: Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills during an evidence session on 23 May 2018. …

Image: Members talking with Ruth McFarlane, Headteacher of Queen Anne High School 1 May 2018. …

Image: Kevin Lowden from the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change speaking to the Committee on 18 April 2018. …

Image: Members visiting a uniform Swap Shop. …

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