The cancellation of exams including GCSEs and A Levels in summer 2020 led to a highly controversial process for issuing grades to students. This paper looks at plans for awarding qualifications in summer 2021. Updated to reflect Ofqual's January 2021 consultation.
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Support for disadvantaged children in education in England (664 KB, PDF)
A variety of measures are in place that aim to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged children. This note draws together information on those measures, with particular information on those that have recently been introduced, as well as relevant reports and debates. As a definition of ‘disadvantage’, it uses eligibility for the Pupil Premium as a guide: children who have been eligible for free school meals during the past six years, children who are in care, and children who were previously in care but left in particular circumstances such as adoption.
The note includes information on:
• The Pupil Premium
• Free School Meals
• Education of children looked after by local authorities
• Other recent initiatives and reports
General information on Government policies aimed at raising the achievement of disadvantaged children is available on the gov.uk website.
Several of the measures included in this note are linked to the Government’s Child Poverty Strategy 2014-17, launched in June 2014. A Library note on the Child Poverty Act 2010, SN/SP/5585, provides further background.
The Library also has standard notes on School Funding: Pupil Premium, SN/SP/6700, and note School meals and nutritional standards, SN/SP/4195, which provide more detail on these areas.
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Support for disadvantaged children in education in England (664 KB, PDF)
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A debate on the UN International Day of Education has been scheduled for Thursday 28 January 2021 in the main House of Commons Chamber. The debate was selected by the Backbench Business Committee and will be led by Harriett Baldwin MP.
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On Monday 18 January 2021, there will be an Opposition Day Debate on access to remote education and the quality of free school meals. This landing page highlights some of the available data and also provides links to existing Library and other briefings on these issues.
