Poverty And Primary Education

The Fluttery Fairies

Ursula Smith, Ellie Ford, Aislinn Murphy and Gabrielle Sherry.

Currently in the United Kingdom there 3.8 million children living in

povertyThe main points to be discussed.

• Early Years Foundation Stage• Government Funding• Welfare State • Inequalities' caused by poverty in Primary

Education

“Education is not a way to

escape poverty – it is a way

of fighting it”

•Early Years Foundation•Sure Start Centres•Every Child Matters

Researched and prepared by Aislinn & Gabrielle

‘Poverty is best defined as not having the resources to meet your needs; Physically, socially and Psychologically. There are

many ways which this can be measured’

Early Years

Foundation Every child deserves the best possible start in life and the support that enables them to fulfil their potential. Children develop quickly in the early yeas and a child’s experience between birth and age five have a major impact on their future life chances. A secure, safe and happy childhood is important in it’s own right. Good parenting and high quality early learning together provide the foundation children need to make the most of their abilities and talents as they grow up. Researched and prepared by Aislinn & Gabrielle

The early years provision to

aid development must accessible and cheap. The government pulled this off by investing in disadvantage communities through sure start centres and the neighbourhood nurseries initiative (NNI)

Sure Start

Centres

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This document looks at the progress towards a framework of services that will support every child, using their own personal information. Particular attention is paid to children who are in care, come from impoverished backgrounds or suffer abuse.

Every Child

Matters

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Government & Non Government Funding which helps to support

those in primary education who may be in poverty.

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The new pupil premium.

• The pupil premium • School budgets• The UK Government is trying to break the

link between child poverty and educational disadvantage

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Looking at poverty in primary education broadly.

Without having a primary education which is the first step in your academic life you would not be able to;

• Read or write.• Communication. • Use of Technology• Go on to secondary school, further or higher

education.• You would have limited job prospects.

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The impact of poverty on young children's experience in schools.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation looks at why the current education system continues to fail those from a low-income family or poor background.

• If we are to wipe out child poverty in a generation then improving educational attainment is vital for this to happen. However those who grow up in poverty throughout their primary education are rarely asked how poverty effects there everyday social life.

• The role of education in providing a route out of poverty is at the centre of many policies to end child poverty.

Researched and prepared by Ellie Ford

Non-Government funding.

Funds raised by schools;

Even though schools receive a certain amount of funding per student from the government it doesn’t mean to say that schools that get the most funding are those who spend more money on the school. Figures show the amount of income each school generates itself which on average is just 4%, however this varies widely.

Deprivation Funding;

‘the existing schools’ funding formula allocates higher levels of money to area’s with higher deprivation. The government has banded schools into three categories.

Researched and prepared by Ellie Ford

Family income must sit along side the long-term changes in

education and society.

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Welfare State

• Beveridge Report• Cradle to Grave

• Families• Lifestyle• Income

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Increasing family incomes must sit alongside any long-term

improvements to the education system

• Child poverty and income• Child poverty and housing

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The gap between children from ‘richer’ and ‘poorer’ backgrounds widens especially quickly during primarily school. Some factors that appear to explain these are:

• Parental aspirations for higher education • How for parents and children believe their own

activities can affect their lives. • Also how their own activities can affect children’s

behaviour

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Questions to ask yourself

•Was your childhood education hindered by poverty looking back now?

•How can you help prevent poverty in for your child/children’s education?

•Can the Government meet the 2020 deadline without further cuts?

Presented by Ursula Smith, Ellie Ford, Aislinn Murphy and Gabrielle Sherry

Investing £4 billion in Benefits and Tax Credits the Government can aim to reach the 2010 target of lifting one million children out of poverty.

Without these significant improvements within the funding and provision of education. The long-term goal of ending child poverty by 2020 will not be reached.

Researched and prepared by Ursula Smith