As an English Hub, we are working closely with local authorities, the Regional Schools Commissioners, Educational Investment Areas, Priority Educational Investment Areas, National Leaders of Education and Multi-Academy Trusts to identify schools that would most benefit from support, with a focus on schools with high numbers of disadvantaged children.
As the English Hub Programme grows, we offer different levels of support for school. The support will allow schools to find out the most up to date information on the three aims of the hub and an opportunity to evaluate their own school practice.
Prioritise
As an English Hub, we have to prioritise the support that we offer based on the below criteria:
- Primary schools with lower than average PSC scores for disadvantaged pupils. Schools with the lowest phonics scores for disadvantaged pupils.
- Primary schools where the bottom 20% of children are not on course to reach the expected standard (indicated through regular phonics assessment in school).
- Primary schools with a lower than average percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in the Phonics Screening Check (79% met the expected standard in 2023).
- Primary schools with a higher than average proportion of children eligible for pupil premium (2023/24 the pupil premium national average is 28.5%).
- Primary schools that sit in an education investment area (PEIAs/EIAs).
- Previous partner schools who last received intensive support two or more years ago, have experienced significant systemic change since leaving the programme and who have failed to realise and/or maintain improvement in SSP scores.
- Primary schools with a high proportion of groups considered hard to reach such as EAL, FSM, travellers.
- Schools referred by local partners (e.g. NLEs, RSCs, LAs).
- Primary schools where standards in phonics are identified as areas for development through Ofsted inspection findings.
- Primary schools where there is a risk of declining standards in phonics
The schools that hit these criteria are eligible for more intensive support. If your school doesn’t meet this criteria, you can still complete a self-referral form to show an interest in the hub. We can support via the medium level support.