How are primary schools spending their Pupil Premium funding in the North East of England Combined Authority?

Our new research presents a comprehensive analysis of how primary schools across the North East of England Combined Authority use their Pupil Premium funding, based on 552 complete and published strategy statements for the 2024 to 25 academic year.

The study examines how schools identify challenges, report the use of evidence-informed approaches and align their spending with the Education Endowment Foundation’s tiered model and the Department for Education’s statutory guidance.


Pupil Premium Strategy Report

Download our free teacher guide to the Pupil Premium Strategy Report. A practical, teacher-focused version of the full research report, translating findings into clear guidance without jargon.

  • Learn from real regional practice
    Based on analysis of 552 primary school Pupil Premium statements across the North East, showing what schools are doing well, common challenges, and where high-impact approaches are underused.
  • Free resources
    Download a traffic-light self-assessment tool to quickly check the strength of your Pupil Premium statement, and a set of focused discussion questions to support meaningful review with staff and governors.
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Interactive Gap Map

What is a Gap Map?

A gap map is an interactive visual tool that brings together a large body of evidence and shows at a glance what strategies are currently used, which are most popular, and where important gaps remain.

How can it be used?

The gap map plots each EEF Teaching and Learning Toolkit strand against the percentage of schools that report using that approach in their pupil premium strategies, making it easy to see which evidence-based approaches are widely used and which are underused.

Filter to focus

Teachers can filter the gap map to view patterns across the whole Combined Authority or zoom in on individual local authorities. The colours show different deprivation bands, making it easy to see how use of EEF approaches varies by local context and level of disadvantage.
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Technical Appendix

The technical appendix presents the full research report, setting out in detail the methods, data sources, and analytical approach underpinning the study. It provides a comprehensive account of the comparative content analysis of primary school Pupil Premium strategies across deprivation bands, including how strategies were identified, how data were extracted and coded, and how patterns and differences were analysed and interpreted.
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