Primary schools in and around Chippenham are set to get an extra £526,600 in the next school year thanks to the biggest ever rise in their Pupil Premium.
The boost was announced yesterday by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
The Pupil Premium provides schools with extra money to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
It will be increased to £1,300 per eligible primary school pupil in 2014/15, up from £900 per child this year.
The Chippenham constituency has 1,316 primary school pupils included in the Deprivation Pupil Premium allocations, according to the January census.
The move was welcomed by Duncan Hames MP who said: “As part of the Liberal Democrats’ aim to build a fairer society, the coalition government is putting extra money into primary schools to help teachers support disadvantaged children.”
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