The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) is an independent charity established in 2011 to improve the educational attainment of the poorest pupils in English schools.
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History
In November 2010 the Department for Education announced an initiative inspired by Barack Obama's "Race to the Top" programme in America. After a selection process, it gave an arms-length grant in April 2011 to the Sutton Trust and Impetus Trust to establish and endow EEF as a new charity.
About 300 teachers and educationists attended the organisation's first conference in October 2011.
Projects
The EEF funds projects targeted at pupils receiving free school meals, and at primary and secondary schools whose performance is below the Government's lower benchmarks.
Independent academic researchers will assess the EEF's projects for effectiveness, economy and whether they are repeatable in other schools.
Management
The Chairman of the EEF is the philanthropist Sir Peter Lampl, who also chairs the Sutton Trust.
The EEF's first Chief Executive is Kevan Collins, formerly Director of Children's Services and then Chief Executive of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. He will lead a team of 12 staff at the Foundation.