Adrian Sanders, MP for Torbay has welcomed Liberal Democrat plans to invest in Torbay’s schools; providing extra funds for disadvantaged children, being announced today in the South West by leader Nick Clegg MP.
Under Lib Dem proposals, the Pupil Premium would see £7.2million additional funding in Torbay, designed to raise the number of pupils gaining good GCSE grades.
The Pupil Premium provides additional funding based on the number of pupils eligible for free school meals and aims to improve social mobility, which has stalled under the Labour Government. The Premium would be financed by ending tax credit payments for well-off families.
Adrian said, “Education is the key to increasing social mobility and reducing inequality. Recent reports have made it clear that despite the promises of 1997, Labour have simply continued the inequalities of the 1980s and 90s. We need radical reforms to how we tackle these problems and a Pupil Premium is just part of a range of policies that will do just that.”
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