- Request
-
I am looking into the impact of the Department of Education's decision to change the Pupil Premium calculation date from January 21 to October 20.
1. I would like to know if the council has made any assessment of the impact this change will have, if so, I would like to see it.
2. I would also like to know many pupils the council have registered as FSM
a. in January 2020,
b. October 2020
c.and finally, if it's known, how many were registered in January 2021, along with the total number of pupils.
I would be grateful if you could clarify if these figures include academies based in the council area.
- Decision
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1. Based on the available information of FSMs eligibility between October 2020 and January 2021, the data is showing the following changes:
October 2020 Census
January 2021 Census
Number of FSM Eligible Pupils
Amount
% FSM Eligible
Number of FSM Eligible Pupils
Amount
% FSM Eligible
Total Pupil Numbers
Primary
12,450
£16,745,250
22.0%
13,284
£18,001,480
23.6%
56,647
Secondary
7,476
£7,139,580
17.9%
7,724
£7,376,420
18.4%
41,875
Difference
Number of FSM Eligible Pupils
Amount
% FSM Eligible
934
£1,256,230
1.6%
248
£236,840
0.5%
£1,493,070
b. See table above
2. a. January 2020: Primary: 10,638 and Secondary: 6,344 FSM eligibility
c. See table above.
- Reference number
- 1192977
- Date request received
- 15 March 2021
- Date of decision
- 30 March 2021