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NASUWT Conference: Cash for disadvantaged kids lost in ‘free-for-all’

TEACHERS of disadvantaged pupils have no idea how state support fund the Pupil Premium is being spent by schools, according to union research published yesterday.

A survey of nearly 3,000 teachers in England found that over half have little or no control in the way the premium is spent.

Now in its second year, the survey by teachers union NASUWT, shows there has been almost no improvement in transparency since 2014-15.

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