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Rhian Beynon

The Independent View: Be more bothered about the way the pupil premium is spent

By Rhian Beynon | Fri 7th September 2012 - 1:31 pm

The first thing David Laws has been doing as the new Education Minister is promoting the Pupil Premium. For schools in Haringey it’s worth £8.8million. So it’s a shame that their Liberal Democrat MP Lynne Featherstone ends up having to write to them to find out how they are spending the money.

One report finds that while some schools are spending the premium as intended, for example on early intervention schemes or more one-to-one tuition, a sizeable number also use it to mitigate cuts. Most worryingly teachers don’t seem to be aware of their school having priorities for …

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