Planning for Recovery: The Disadvantage Gap

About this module

This module is a recording of live webinars by Dr Dan Nicholls (Director of Education, Cabot Learning Federation) which ran between May and July, during our 2020 Free Summer Festival programme.

Session One: Leadership required to address the disadvantaged gap

What leadership is required to tackle the widening gap? The pandemic has exposed the inequity that exists in our society. For too long we have not been successful in closing that gap and supporting attainment mobility for our disadvantaged children. How do we act now to restrict the rate of widening in the pandemic? How do we transition into a post-pandemic world and secure approaches that improve outcomes and experiences of disadvantaged children?

Session Two: Leading and teaching to support all children, particularly disadvantaged, to be successful in the mid and late 21st Century

These are unusual times. It is a good point to reflect on the purpose and direction of education in a post-pandemic world. The pandemic has exposed the inequity in society and brought forward a future that is likely to be dominated by significant change. What does this mean for curriculum, assessment and teaching? How do we support children to thrive and be successful in their future?

• Begin to understand the widening disadvantage gap.
• Be able to identify what leaders and teachers can do now to restrict the widening gap.
• Understand the needs of disadvantaged children on re-joining education and how this plays out in a post-pandemic world.
• To discuss the quality of leadership and teaching that disadvantaged children require.
• To explore what we are learning from the pandemic.
• Understand the opportunities available to leaders and teachers in the future to enhance education.
• Explore what is the role of schools and Trusts in their communities in a post-pandemic world.