UK Government Announces Landmark Education Reforms to Halve Disadvantage Gap
Ministers in the UK have unveiled significant education reforms, including changes to how schools receive targeted disadvantage funding, aiming to reduce the achievement gap between pupils from poorer and more affluent backgrounds.
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Ministers to set out plans to halve attainment gap in England’s schools
White paper proposes changing criteria under which schools get funding to support the most disadvantaged students Plans to halve the attainment gap between the poorest pupils in England and their more affluent peers will be set out by the government on Monday. The schools white paper will detail proposals to change the criteria under which schools receive funding to support the most disadvantaged students. Continue reading...
By Geraldine McKelvie and Richard Adams
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The government will reform how schools get targeted disadvantage funding as part of an attempt to tackle the gap in achievement between pupils from poorer backgrounds compared with their more affluent peers
By Millie Cooke
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