Schools: Pupil Premium Debate

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Schools: Emergency Life Support Skills
Monday 3rd February 2014

(10 years, 3 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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The noble Baroness is absolutely right. Good practice, of which there is a lot available, should be shared. We are encouraging, at every turn, all schools to do what good schools do. School-to-school support is the best way of improving performance.

Baroness Walmsley Portrait Baroness Walmsley (LD)
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My Lords, since my noble friend clearly believes, as I do, that early intervention is a very good strategy, will he go further and agree with the Liberal Democrat policy of putting pupil premium into the early years sector?

Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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Funding is tight, as my noble friend will know, and we have no plans to do that in the near term.

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