Literacy news
Pupil premium funding will double
19 Sep 2011
Sarah Teather, the Children and Families Minister, has announced that funding for the pupil premium will double to £1.25 billion.
Her speech was designed to showcase the Liberal Democrats' influence on the Government’s social mobility policies. The pupil premium was devised by the party to give extra money to schools for each pupil that is eligible for free school meals. It will double from £625m to £1.25bn in 2012-13. It is part of the coalition’s overall plan to increase the funding pot for the pupil premium to £2.5bn by 2014-15.
She also announced a pilot scheme in four areas offering vouchers for parenting classes to all parents with children under five.
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