This essay will focus on all the different aspects that affect a child’s education, and how professionals are able to improve a pupil’s chance of gaining an advantageous education.
Challenging contexts in education can have major impacts on performance and behaviour which stems from a number of contributing factors. Poverty is a major influence on how a child behaves and interacts within the classroom, including the ongoing issue between underachievement and poverty. The context the child derives from can also affect their mental and emotional state, which influences how well they achieve at school.
Children begin their learning at home by gaining basic needs, and school pushes them further academically while supporting them to become a
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However, this does not come easily and you need a good support system within the school for this to be effective, and it all derives from the leadership of the school. Ofsted (2000) state that “successful leadership is widely accepted as being a key constituent in achieving school improvement” and with this allows support for the vulnerable and a structured education. There are also different approaches to learning you could inforce within the school, such as focusing on vision and values which will encourage desirable behaviour and influence good learning. Also by developing a good relationship with the children who need the support, allowing them to feel safe and secure within school because they know they will have someone to come to when they are feeling …show more content…
This achievement gap can be seen by the time children reach the age of 16 and take their GCSE’s, so the sooner something is done in a child’s education life, the more beneficial it will be for them. The pupil premium has therefore been created in an attempt to support and help children and families who come from a disadvantages background. One way the government has done this is by improving resources, as Chowdry (2010) explains, “extra resources improve attainment, and then targeting extra funds at disadvantaged pupils will narrow the attainment gap between rich and poor students.” This may also indirectly narrow the gap as it could change the child’s friendship group for the better as they now have the resources available to work and possibly play as a more affluent child would. The pupil premium also allows the pressure to be taken away from the parents, as The Department for Education (2013) found, “One primary head argued that many parents were stressed, wary of school, and, because of the poverty they experienced, unable to offer a wide range of experiences to their children.” Therefore, for these parents, it gives them the opportunity to support their child academically without worrying about school trips and money for school dinner, as the pupil premium has been designed to support these families to encourage parental