The Difference
The Difference & Impetus
The need: Permanent exclusions have risen 20 per cent compared to before the pandemic, and there has been a 40 per cent year-on-year rise between 2021/22 and 2022/23. We know that young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are five times more likely to be permanently excluded than their better-off peers.
Our portfolio partner: The Difference trains tomorrow’s school leaders in inclusive education, working with mainstream and alternative provision schools and multi-academy trusts to reach thousands of young people across the country. They identify inclusive best practice and share this across the education sector, and they raise awareness and provide systemic solutions for the challenges surrounding school exclusion with key policymakers.
Our impact: With The Henry Smith Charity, we’re providing The Difference with funding to support their ambitions to get stronger, better, and bigger. In 2023/24, 58% of school leaders on The Difference’s programme reported reduced formal exclusions in their schools within the first year.
Impetus’ experience and strategic insight, on aspects of our operational delivery and in supporting the leadership of our organisation, are already seeing us become a stronger charity and more potent force for change on the issue of exclusion.
Kiran Gill, CEO, The Difference
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2021 |
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Build |
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£1.5 million |
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202 |
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72,864 |
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14-16 |
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Nationwide |