➡ Where: Online (Zoom)
➡ Date: Thursday 16th November 2023
➡ Time: 12pm – 1pm (UK time)
Join us online in November for the next instalment of our #LunchtimeSessions when Feyisa Demie will open the discussion on ‘Tackling Educational Inequality for Disadvantage and BAME Pupils: Lessons from London Schools‘.
The hard question that faces educational policymakers today, is not about how to raise achievement, but how to tackle educational inequality. There are long-standing achievement gaps in England associated with socio-economic status and BAME. This session aims to share the lessons from schools in tackling educational inequality for disadvantaged and BAME pupils. Drawing on case studies from London schools, school surveys, and national research evidence, it will explore and answer four research questions that are essential for policy, practice, and research.
The presentation will be followed by a questions and answers session.
Professor Feyisa Demie is an Honorary Professor at Durham University and Head of Research and Adviser for School Self‐Evaluation at Lambeth Council. Previously he was University Lecturer and Head of Schools Research and Statistics. Feyisa is a Fellow of the British Academies of Social Science (FAcSS). He has worked extensively with Local Authorities, government departments, London Challenge, schools, and school governors for over 28 years in the use of data and research to raise achievement to drive school improvement. As an education adviser, he works with schools covering all phases of assessment, from the foundation, KS1, and KS2 stages to GCSE. Feyisa developed a comprehensive data service for schools, comprising individual school profiles, and contextual and value-added reports as a means of providing detailed, confidential data to help schools monitor performance and improve their processes and outcomes. He also runs school-focused training programmes and national conferences to support school self-evaluation for headteachers, teachers, governors, and policymakers.
With longstanding research interests in what works in driving school improvement in schools and equity issues in education, he has written a number of research reports and articles on educational Inequality, ethnicity, educational disadvantage, English as an additional language, pupil mobility, school exclusions, and barriers in the recruitment and retention of ethnic minority teachers. He is the author of over 150 articles, books, book chapters, and research reports on education and has published articles in peer-reviewed journals.
