"Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it" Proverb 22:6
Extra funding is provided from the government for those children who are in receipt of free school meals.
Traditionally those children whose families are on low incomes achieve lower grades than their peers.
The extra funding is provided for schools and academies to spend specifically on those children to raise their attainment.
For more information on how we spend this grant see below: