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Significant minority of schools not consistently using evidence-based resources for Pupil Premium spending.

Conclusion
The Department told us it monitors how well school leaders use pupil premium evidence, with 69% of school leaders saying they used EEF resources in its most recent survey.79 It believed this may be understated, as a higher proportion of the pupil premium statements it reviewed linked back to EEF evidence.80 Although it described 70% as a reasonable proportion of school leaders, the Department acknowledged this figure should be closer to 100% and that 30% of schools potentially not using evidence was worrying. It committed to looking at this.81 The Department noted that the EEF is keen to make sure schools have access to the latest evidence, and that this can be easily shared and adopted in classrooms.82 71 Q 24 72 Q29 73 IEDO0005, IEDO0007, IEDO0015, IEDO0017, 74 Q 32 75 C&AG’s Report, para 3.6 76 Qq 7, 24, 25 77 C&AG’s Report, para 16, Para 3.6 78 Q 55 79 Qq 37, 55 80 Qq 37, 59–60 81 Qq 55, 60 82 Q 37 16
Government Response

A response document is linked to this report, dated 16 May 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document.

Addressee Bodies
HM Treasury
Timeline
Recommendation age 1.5 yrs
Report published 07 Mar 2025