The Pupil Premium should be repurposed into a Social Mobility Premium in order to help better tackle regional attainment gaps and increase school-to-school collaboration.
The recommendation comes from a cross-party group of MPs, who say that the gap in school exam results between poor pupils and their peers is a leading factor creating and entrenching social mobility “coldspots” across the country.
In a report published last week, the MPs raise their concerns that while government austerity-related policies have had an impact on social mobility, especially with cuts to support services, there “remain questions” around whether schools are using their Pupil Premium funding effectively.
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