We are investing £5 billion over this Parliament to support local authorities in their duty to secure sufficient school places for their area.<\/p>
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This has already enabled local authorities to create 260,000 additional pupil places between May 2010 and May 2013, including 212,000 primary places, with more in the pipeline for September 2015.<\/p>
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Recent research shows that young carers have significantly lower educational attainment at GCSE level than their peers, equivalent to nine grades lower overall. That\u2019s the difference between nine Bs and nine Cs.<\/p>
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That shows why it is so important that schools are able to identify and support pupils who are young carers. However a legislative approach compelling them to do so is not in keeping with our drive to reduce burdens on schools. It is important that headteachers and governors have the freedoms they need to meet their responsibilities for the welfare of their pupils in the way they consider is most appropriate.<\/p>
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I am very grateful for the support of the National Governors\u2019 Association in raising awareness about the needs of young carers and sharing resources with governing bodies. Whilst there is a lot of good practice in schools, there remains much to do to make this more widely available.<\/p>
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That is why I welcome two exciting new developments led by the voluntary sector. The Big Lottery Fund are financing The Children\u2019s Society\u2019s \u201cYoung Carers in Focus\u201d programme to launch a national award scheme that allows schools to be recognised for the quality of support for their young carers. The Queen\u2019s Trust too are funding Carers Trust to develop and test best practice on young carer support in schools. Both of these initiatives will build on the work my Department has been doing with The Children\u2019s Society and Carers Trust since 2011 to share existing tools and good practice. This includes development of an e-learning module for school staff to increase awareness in schools of young carers\u2019 needs. We are planning to update this soon to reflect the new legislation but the current version is available on The Children\u2019s Society\u2019s website: http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/sites/default/files/Young-Carers-Web-Pub-v13/player.html<\/a><\/p> <\/p> The Department of Health are also training school nurses to be champions for young carers. They will speak up on their behalf and help headteachers and governors decide how best to support them at school.<\/p> <\/p> At present we do not plan to extend the pupil premium eligibility criteria to cover young carers (or any other group). Our policy is to allocate pupil premium funding to those pupils who have experienced financial disadvantage but there is a significant cross-over between young carers and the current pupil premium target population. Research indicates that as many as 60 per cent of young carers could be eligible for free school meals, so already attract the pupil premium.<\/p> <\/p> We will continue to encourage schools to use the resources that are already freely available to them and to make links to their local young carers support group.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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