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1566636

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, or plan to take, to combat educational underachievement; in particular, amongst groups of pupils within society with low academic attainment.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL4752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.</p><p>The government is committed to improving outcomes for all pupils. This will be achieved through the actions set out in the Schools White Paper to realise our ambition for 90% of children to leave primary school having achieved the expected standard in Key Stage 2 reading, writing and maths, and that in secondary schools, the national GCSE average grade in both English language and in maths will increase from 4.5 in 2019 to 5, both by 2030.</p><p>The Schools White Paper outlines further actions to support schools and pupils. This includes an ambitious and stretching curriculum and improving behaviour and attendance levels. To underpin these reforms, the department will continue to work with schools, trusts, local authorities, and dioceses to build a stronger, fairer school system.</p><p>The Levelling Up White Paper, published in February 2022, also sets out a mission to raise attainment in 55 Education Investment Areas, with a particular focus on 24 Priority Education Investment Areas which have experienced sustained educational underperformance.</p><p>The department knows that reforms we have overseen so far are delivering improvements. The proportion of schools now rated by Ofsted as Good or Outstanding has risen from 68% in 2010 to 88% in 2022.</p><p>In the 2022 Autumn Statement, it was announced that the overall schools funding will increase by a further £2 billion in the 2023/24 financial year and another £2 billion in the 2024/25 financial year, over and above totals confirmed in the 2021 Autumn Budget and Spending Review.</p><p>The department knows that disadvantaged children and those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are disproportionately represented in those cohorts not meeting expected standards. The Pupil Premium helps fund evidence-based, targeted interventions, as well as broader improvements that will benefit these pupils and help to raise their attainment. Additional support also includes the National Tutoring Programme, where funding has been allocated to schools based on rates of disadvantage. Over two million tuition courses have started since 2020, and six million courses will be delivered by 2024.</p><p>The department is also reforming the SEND and Children’s Social Care systems, spending £2.6 billion in high needs capital funding over the next three years to deliver new places and improve existing provision for children and young people with SEND, or those requiring alternative provision.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 06/02/2023 17:32:19 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1566647

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much funding they have provided to target educational underachievement in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL4753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.</p><p>The great majority of school funding in England is allocated through the National Funding Formula (NFF).</p><p>The NFF allocates 17.4% of all funding in 2022/23 through additional needs factors to target pupils most likely to fall behind and need extra support. Alongside the NFF, the Pupil Premium provides additional funding to help schools tackle educational underachievement by children from disadvantaged backgrounds. The total funding directed through the NFF’s additional needs factors and through the Pupil Premium over the last five years is shown in the attached table.</p><p>Within the figures attached, the low prior attainment factor (LPA) in the NFF specifically targets pupils who did not reach the expected standard at the previous stage. The table attached also shows the amount of funding provided to schools in England through the LPA factor in the schools NFF over the last five years.</p><p>The department is also focusing on recovering from the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic through an ambitious multi-year programme and has made available almost £5 billion for recovery since 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 31/01/2023 17:52:46 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name HL4753 funding table.xlsx title total_NFF_and_pupil_premium_funding
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1297056

registered interest
date	02/03/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Education Policy Institute, Measuring the disadvantage gap in 16–19 education, published on 1 March; and what steps they are taking to reduce the A-Level attainment gap of disadvantaged students.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL13845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>Promoting good educational outcomes for disadvantaged children and young people is a key priority for the government. We carefully consider evidence that helps to achieve this and will take note of the findings of this report by the Education Policy Institute.</p><p>This report concludes that, while there is a gap in attainment between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged young people by age 16, this gap widens further in 16-19 education. We already have specific initiatives to support the attainment of disadvantaged children and young people at each stage and will continue to seek to improve the effectiveness of these policies.</p><p>The national funding formula (NFF) for schools provides significant extra funding for schools that have more pupils with additional needs, using measures of deprivation and low prior attainment. Through the NFF in financial year 2021-22 we will provide a total of £6.4 billion targeted at schools with higher numbers of pupils with additional needs, including deprivation.</p><p>Since 2011 we have also been providing extra funding - £2.4 billion this financial year alone - through the pupil premium for school leaders to narrow the disadvantage attainment gap for young people before they turn 16 and enter college or sixth form.</p><p>The NFF for 16-19 year olds includes extra funding for disadvantaged students which is provided to institutions specifically for students with low prior attainment, or who live in the most disadvantaged areas. In academic year 2020/2021, we have allocated over £530 million to enable colleges, schools and other providers to support, attract and retain disadvantaged 16 to 19 year olds and to support students with special education needs and disabilities. We show separately how well disadvantaged students are achieving at 16-19 in published school and college performance data, to encourage a focus on helping these young people make the best possible progress.</p><p>We encourage schools and colleges to use the most effective approaches to support the attainment of disadvantaged young people and set up the Education Endowment Foundation to gather and disseminate evidence on this.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 16/03/2021 15:28:33 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1232214

registered interest
date	08/09/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide support to pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL7945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2020 answer text <p>The government is committed to ensuring that pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds can achieve their full potential in education. We have put a number of significant policy measures in place to help nurseries, schools and colleges address the barriers to success that these pupils face, particularly as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. It is a national priority for all pupils to return to full-time education as it is the best place to improve their wellbeing and development, particularly for those from disadvantaged backgrounds.</p><p>Our £1 billion COVID-19 catch-up package provides additional funding to support children and young people whose education has been disrupted by the outbreak as they return to school. It is on top of the £14.4 billion 3 year investment for schools that was announced last year. The package includes the £350 million National Tutoring Programme, which will provide targeted support for disadvantaged pupils who are most at risk of falling further behind due to having lost time in education. This investment will give schools in all regions access to subsidised high-quality tuition supplied by a group of approved tuition partners. Schools in the most deprived areas will be supported to use in-house academic mentors to provide intensive catch-up support to their pupils, in small groups. We have also provided funding to support small group tuition for 16 to 19-year olds, and the improvement of early language skills in reception classes.</p><p>In addition, we are allocating £650 million of catch-up premium funding to help schools support all of their pupils. In deciding how to use this funding, schools can give priority to specific groups of pupils in line with their levels of need.</p><p>Beyond this package of support, we are continuing to provide schools with pupil premium funding (worth £2.4 billion in the current financial year) to reduce the attainment gap.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 18/09/2020 13:50:19 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1202628

registered interest
date	10/06/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many (1) vulnerable, and (2) disadvantaged, pupils are not currently attending school.
tabling member printed	Baroness Morgan of Huyton
uin	HL5540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The closest matching available data on the attendance of vulnerable children in educational establishments since 23 March was published on Tuesday 16 June at the following link and covers data up to Thursday 11 June:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings</a>.</p><p>The data is collected from individual education establishments and the published figures include estimates for non-response.</p><p>We do not currently hold attendance statistics for the number of pupils who are classed as disadvantaged.</p><p>The attendance of children with an education, health and care plan should be based on an individual risk assessment, carried out and regularly reviewed to judge whether they are best supported at school or at home at this time. Attendance may not be appropriate for some children, including because of health considerations for them and their family. Full guidance on the definition of vulnerable children and expectations around attendance is available at:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-vulnerable-children-and-young-people/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-vulnerable-children-and-young-people" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-vulnerable-children-and-young-people/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-vulnerable-children-and-young-people</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 22/06/2020 16:27:01 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	2168 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Huyton

673669

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are planning to re-establish Education Priority Areas in places where children suffer from very limited ability to speak English or other disadvantages.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that all pupils, regardless of ethnicity, background or location, are able to achieve their full potential in education. This includes those pupils who are classed as having English as an additional language (EAL).</p><p> </p><p>It is essential that all pupils are proficient in written and spoken English so that they can access the curriculum effectively and engage fully with school. To help schools develop the English language skills of their EAL pupils, rather than implementing a limited number of area-based programmes we have given all local authorities in England the ability to allocate funding to schools for their EAL pupils. In 2016-17, 136 local authorities used the EAL factor in their school funding formulae, spending £282 million in total. Furthermore, we have proposed that the national funding formula for schools, which will replace local funding formulae from 2018-19 onwards, will include an EAL factor.</p><p> </p><p>Schools may also use their pupil premium funding to support disadvantaged pupils with EAL.</p><p> </p><p>At the same time, we do recognise that in some areas of England schools face entrenched challenges in raising the educational performance of their pupils. That is why we are designating those areas of greatest need as opportunity areas, and are targeting the Department’s improvement programmes in these locations with the aim of improving social mobility. To date twelve areas have been identified as opportunity areas and will share £72 million to improve the quality of education and to provide young people with the advice and skills needed for good jobs.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 30/01/2017 15:34:48 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

173577

registered interest
date	14/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans the Department for Education have to increase funding for summer schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>Since 2012, the Department for Education has provided funding to enable secondary schools to run a summer school for their new pupils who are classed as disadvantaged. These events provide an excellent opportunity for secondary schools to help disadvantaged pupils understand what and how they will be studying in key stage 3, and also to help those who are behind in key areas such as literacy and numeracy to catch up with their peers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 2015 summer schools programme opened for registrations on Monday 19 January 2015. As in previous years, schools will receive £250 (if running a one-week summer school) or £500 (if running a two-week summer school) for every eligible pupil who confirms they want to attend the summer school.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any decision on the future of the summer schools programme would be made as part of the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 20/01/2015 14:16:53 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

101690

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to assist those who cannot afford non-core costs associated with state education.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education recognises that meeting the incidental costs of state education can be a challenge for some low-income families. We already have a range of policies in place to help ensure that all children benefit from a good education, regardless of their background, and to support low-income families with the non-core costs of education.</p><p>The additional funding provided to schools through the pupil premium is helping schools to transform the way they educate disadvantaged children. Schools are made accountable for this additional funding, worth £2.5 billion this year and protected in real terms next year, through performance tables and Ofsted inspection. A recent Ofsted report showed that this policy is working, and schools are using the funding more effectively than ever before.</p><p>In addition, the Department has invested £340 million to support cultural education and announced an additional £18 million funding boost for music education, giving thousands more disadvantaged pupils access to instruments.</p><p>The Department issues very clear guidance to schools which seeks to minimise the impact of school uniform costs and emphasises the need for schools to consider the cost and availability of uniform when setting their policy. Individual local authorities and academies may choose to provide grants to help with the cost of school clothing in cases of financial hardship, and we would also encourage individual schools to consider running their own schemes.</p><p>The Department has also published advice on charging for school activities to support schools in fulfilling their statutory duties in relation to charging and remission for school activities and school visits. This guidance advises schools to make it clear to parents that there is no obligation to make any contribution. As ever, schools have the discretion to use their additional funds to help with the cost of visits and activities for pupils whose families cannot afford it.</p><p>Finally, from 1 September the Government has expanded free school meals to all children in reception, year 1 and year 2. As a result, up to 100,000 more poor children are benefiting from a healthy and nutritious meal every day, saving low-income families around £400 per year per child.</p><p>We know that education is the key to breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty. As a Government, we are committed to ensuring that all children, regardless of background, benefit from an education which allows them to achieve their full potential.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 10/11/2014 15:07:55 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

93684

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take to co-ordinate good leadership with local authorities to improve the attainment levels of disadvantaged pupils.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL2113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education expects local authorities to provide strategic leadership to improve the attainment of disadvantaged pupils in their maintained schools. This was set out in the recently revised guidance to local authorities on <em>Schools Causing Concern</em>, which was published in May 2014. Since May 2013, Ofsted has inspected local authority school improvement arrangements which relate to their duty to ensure that, ‘their education functions are exercised with a view to promote high standards and fulfilment of potential’ (Education Act 1996, s13a).</p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Minister of State for Schools, has met leaders from the nine local authorities that have failed these inspections to date. These discussions have focused on the attainment of disadvantaged pupils. In addition, in his role as Pupil Premium Champion, Sir John Dunford has worked closely with school leaders in 25 local authority areas with the poorest results for disadvantaged pupils during the 2013/14 school year. This work continues.</p><p>Peer-to-peer support for school leaders is a highly effective way to tackle poor school performance. The Department is therefore increasing the number of National Leaders of Education (NLEs) and the number of teaching schools. The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) has designated over 900 NLEs and establish 602 teaching schools to date, and some local authorities use local teaching school alliances and national leaders to provide school improvement.</p><p>The Talented Leaders programme and School-to-School Support Fund, both launched on 10 September 2014 by the Minister of State for Schools, will also help drive school improvement through better leadership. The Talented Leaders programme will recruit one hundred talented school leaders and deploy them to take on headship positions in challenging schools, working with local authorities who sign up to the programme. The £13m School-to-School Support Fund will support NLEs and teaching schools to undertake deployment in under-performing maintained schools and academies.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 24/10/2014 11:32:32 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

62448

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend summer school initiatives to help disadvantaged children improve their levels of attainment after the summer of 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>A decision on whether to extend the Department for Education's summer schools programme in 2015 will be made towards the end of 2014, in light of information gathered on this year's summer school programme.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 26/06/2014 16:13:07 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey