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First Report - The forgotten: how White working-class pupils have been let down, and how to change it
Education Committee
HC 85
Published 22 June 2021
Government response
The forgotten: how White working-class pupils have been let down, and how to change it - Government response to the Committee’s First Report · published 4 Nov 2021
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Recommendation
Deferred
Para 19
Disadvantage is a gradient, not an ‘either-or’ of FSM-eligible or ‘advantaged’.
Recommendation
Disadvantage is a gradient, not an ‘either-or’ of FSM-eligible or ‘advantaged’. To support disadvantaged White pupils the Government must refine its key measures of disadvantage and widen public access to its statistics. This should be done in a way that …
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Government Response Summary
The government acknowledges FSM is an imperfect measure and is continuously reviewing data and working with DWP for improvements. While it states FSM statistics are published at local authority level, it commits to only 'considering' commissioning new research for more sophisticated poverty measures at a later date, contingent on policy changes.
Department for Education
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Recommendation
Deferred
Para 80
The Government’s announcement of continued supplementary funding for maintained nursery schools is welcome, but the...
Recommendation
The Government’s announcement of continued supplementary funding for maintained nursery schools is welcome, but the underlying issues of short-termism and insufficiency remain and are more acute as a result of the pandemic. It is not enough for the Government to …
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Government Response Summary
The government partially accepts the recommendation, protecting supplementary funding for maintained nursery schools until at least July 2022. It states that policy options for long-term funding and the sector's future will be considered as part of the Spending Review (SR21) later that year.
Department for Education
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