Pupil Premium must not be used to shore-up diminishing school budgets

Commenting on the report released today by the Education Endowment Foundation and Sutton Trust, the UK’s largest teachers’ union says if the Pupil Premium is to close the achievement gap, it must be targeted at those in need.

“The Sutton Trust Report does not tell us anything new,” said Chris Keates General Secretary of NASUWT.

“It simply confirms what the NASUWT predicted when the pupil premium was introduced, that given the cuts to school budgets the funding would inevitably be used to shore-up diminishing school budgets, rather than support disadvantaged children.

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Read the full report here.