Vernon Coaker – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Vernon Coaker on 2014-05-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the pupil premium is available for pre-school children from service families; and if he will make a statement.

Mr David Laws

The pupil premium and the service children premium are additional resources provided to maintained schools and academies in England to support the education of 4-16 year-olds who meet the eligibility requirements.

The Government has announced that a new early years pupil premium, worth £50 million, will be introduced from April 2015. It will give disadvantaged three- and four-year-old children better access to quality early education which evidence shows can have a major impact on their school readiness. The Government will consult later this year on how best to implement these proposals.