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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Amber Rudd Excerpts
Monday 24th June 2013

(11 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Amber Rudd Portrait Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye) (Con)
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The two new academies in Hastings, the Hastings academy and St Leonards academy, were both rated 2 by Ofsted recently, which is a tremendous move forward for them. The Ofsted report particularly highlighted the fact that the pupil premium had made a great difference to the most socially disadvantaged. Would the Minister like to join me in congratulating the schools and their leadership?

David Laws Portrait Mr Laws
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I certainly would like to join my hon. Friend in congratulating those two schools, and I do believe that the combination of significant extra funds—after all, next year the pupil premium will be more than £1,000 per disadvantaged pupil—with scrutiny by Ofsted will make a big difference to the opportunities for disadvantaged pupils in the future, and narrow the totally unacceptable gap between the opportunities for young people from advantaged and disadvantaged backgrounds.