The House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts has also added its voice to those calling for the quick publication of proposals for a fairer national system of school funding.
On the Pupil Premium itself, the committee’s report – Funding for Disadvantaged Pupils – says that while there has been some narrowing of the attainment gap more must be done to spread Pupil Premium best practice.
Pupil Premium payments amount to £1,300 per child at primary school and £935 at secondary school and the free school meals (FSM) system is the main indicator of eligibility.
Between 2011/12 and the end of 2014/15, the Department for Education (DfE) distributed £6 billion of Pupil Premium funding to schools.
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