Education Endowment Foundation

The Sutton Trust, as the lead charity in a partnership with the Impetus Trust, has been awarded a £125 million arm's length grant by the Government to establish a major new initiative to boost the attainment of some of the country's most disadvantaged children. The grant was awarded through an open application process involving 14 other bidders.

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) will be used to initiate grants and seek proposals from schools, teachers, local authorities and charities to improve the performance of poor pupils in the country's most challenging schools. Our focus is on supporting innovation and on scaling up projects which have a measurable impact on attainment or a directly related outcome. It is hoped that these projects, which will all be rigorously evaluated, will create a lasting educational legacy for 100,000s of disadvantaged children. It is envisaged that as much as £200 million will be allocated in total over the 15 year lifetime of the programme - with the extra money coming from fund-raising and investment returns.

For more information on the EEF please visit www.educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk

If you have any EEF related queries please contact the EEF team on info@eefoundation.org.uk or on 020 7802 1676