When it plans to publish the Pupil Equity Fund evaluation.

A programme of evaluation of the Attainment Scotland Fund (ASF), of which Pupil Equity Funding (PEF) is a key part, has been ongoing since the inception of the Scottish Attainment Challenge (SAC). The evaluation aims to provide learning about the overall implementation of the ASF and to assess progress towards its long-term outcomes. Pupil Equity Funding is considered in all evaluation activity and reporting.The current ASF Evaluation Strategy, which can be found here: Attainment Scotland Fund
- 2022 to 2026: evaluation strategy, was published in 2022 and sets out plans for evaluation between 2022-23 and 2026-27. Alongside this, a detailed analytical plan outlining evaluation activity in support of the high level strategy will be published annually over the course of this parliament. The first two analytical plans can be found here:Attainment Scotland Fund 2022
- 2026 Evaluation: Analytical Plan Year 1 (2022/23) (www.gov.scot)Attainment Scotland Fund 2022-2026 evaluation: analytical plan
- year 2 2023 -2024
- gov.scot (www.gov.scot)The most recent publications that contribute to the ASF Evaluation Strategy are:Attainment Scotland Fund Evaluation: Process Evaluation
- Scottish Attainment Challenge Local Authority Leads Survey Report, 2022/23Attainment Scotland Fund evaluation: National Improvement Framework
- attainment and health and wellbeing measures, 2023Attainment Scotland Fund Evaluation: Reporting on National Improvement Framework Attainment and Health and Wellbeing Measures, 2024Attainment Scotland Fund Evaluation: Reporting on Wider Evidence Sources, 2024Attainment Scotland Fund evaluation: Thematic Evaluation Summary Report 2024Attainment Scotland Fund evaluation: Families and Communities Thematic Evaluation Report 2024Attainment Scotland Fund evaluation: Readiness to Learn Thematic Evaluation Report 2024Attainment Scotland Fund evaluation: Voice of Children and Young People Thematic Evaluation Report 2024Prior to 2022, the evaluation reported annually with an initial report on Year 1 and 2 (2015 to 2017) published in 2017 and found here: Evaluation of the Attainment Scotland Fund
- interim report (Years 1 and 2) (www.gov.scot), and annual evaluation reports published from 2018 to 2022 which can be found here:Evaluation of the Attainment Scotland Fund
- Interim Report (Year 3) (www.gov.scot)Evaluation of Attainment Scotland Fund
- Third interim report
- Year 4 (www.gov.scot)Attainment Scotland Fund evaluation: Fourth interim report
- year 5 (www.gov.scot)Attainment Scotland Fund evaluation: fifth interim report
- year 6
- gov.scot (www.gov.scot)In March 2021, Scottish Government and Education Scotland published the Closing the poverty-related attainment gap: progress report 2016 to 2021.In addition to the ASF Evaluation, Education Scotland publish a range of evidence detailing how the Attainment Scotland Fund programmes, including Pupil Equity Funding, are helping to close the poverty related attainment gap.The latest national report, published in August, is a high-level evaluative summary drawn from Education Scotland Attainment Advisors’ reports on 32 local authorities for the period December 2023 to March 2024. The key theme for this reporting period was ‘Evidence-based approaches’. Case studies from each local authority focused on different aspects of equity. The national summary report contains links to all case studies. The report can be accessed here: National Summary Report March 2024 | Scottish Attainment Challenge | Learning in Scotland | Education ScotlandComplementing this work, officials are undertaking a PEF Sampling exercise with over 100 schools across Scotland to draw out key learning on how PEF is contributing towards improving the educational outcomes of children and young people and their families, impacted by poverty. Once completed we will seek to share the innovative work taking place in our schools and communities, supported by PEF, with other Headteachers, Local Authorities a