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APPENDIX: DATA SOURCES AND METHODOLOGY
Reading sessions attended
We collected data in relation to the
reading sessions attended on the
Chapter One platform for all
participating children who attended 5+
reading sessions (n = 2680). These data
are broken down by gender, pupil
premium* status and year group (see
breakdown under reading
attainment/progress on p.43) but not
by ethnicity due to the high number of
ethnicity categories.
Chapter One recorded the total
number of reading sessions that
children attended, as well as the
number of reading sessions above 15
minutes. The total number of sessions
(including those below 15 minutes) that
all pupils attended ranged from 5 to
110, with a median of 25. See Table 1.
When comparing the median number
of sessions that pupils attended, there
were no differences across genders.
However, pupil premium pupils
attended on average one less reading
session compared to non-pupil
premium pupils. Year 3 attended on
average one less reading session
compared to Years 1 and 2.
The number of sessions over 15 minutes
that all pupils attended ranged from 5
to 48, with a median of 16. Table 1
shows the median number of sessions
over 15 minutes that children attended,
by all pupils, gender, year groups and
pupil premium status.
When comparing the median number
of sessions over 15 minutes that
children attend over the course of the
year:
males attended on average one
session less than females (this
appears to be unrelated to pupil
premium status as there are similar
proportions of both genders in pupil
premium and non-pupil premium
groups).
pupil premium pupils attended on
average one session less than nonpupil premium pupils. This may be
linked to lower school attendance
by pupil premium pupils.
Year 3 pupils attended on average
one session less than Years 1 and 2
pupils.
*The pupil premium grant is funding to
improve educational outcomes for
disadvantaged pupils in state funded
schools. It is used as a proxy measure of
disadvantage. Pupil premium funding is
allocated to schools based on pupils
who are eligible for free school meals or
have been recorded as eligible in the
past 6 years, or children previously
looked after by a local authority or other
state care.
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