Disadvantaged Learners in Islwyn

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:59 pm on 25 April 2018.

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Photo of Rhianon Passmore Rhianon Passmore Labour 1:59, 25 April 2018

Okay. Thank you. The pupil deprivation grant for the youngest learners—pupils aged three to four—has increased from £600 to £700, building on last year's doubling of financial support from £300 to £600 per learner in the early years, a stark contrast to the UK Tory decimation of support for poorer learners. Will the Cabinet Secretary outline, then, what difference the continued investment in the pupil deprivation grant will have in Islwyn schools, and the impact the Welsh Government believes it will have on disadvantaged learners in Islwyn communities?