Rise in Northumberland deprivation major factor in new School money. It's a shame it needed to c

Coun Scott Dickinson welcomed the increased funding but warned against describing it all as ‘good news’ given that some of the rise was down to higher levels of deprivation. A report to a meeting of the authority’s family and children’s services committee explained that the 4.1% increase in the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) could be attributed to three main issues. These are an increase of 105 in the overall number of pupils, a shift in pupils from primary to Key Stage 3 and 4 where there are higher levels of basic per-pupil funding and increases in deprivation funding due to more children being eligible for free school meals. Click here Full Story