Question reference: S5W-07077
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 9 February 2017
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 17 February 2017
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how schools could benefit from funding to tackle the attainment gap.
Answer
The Scottish Government has committed £750m during the course of this Parliament through the Attainment Scotland Fund to provide targeted support for children, schools and communities to close the poverty related attainment gap.
In 2017-18 £120m will be provided directly to Headteachers to use for additional staffing or resources they consider will help reduce the poverty related attainment gap. This funding is in addition to the £50m a year which will continue to provide targeted support to specific Scottish Attainment Challenge authorities and schools in the communities with high levels of deprivation as well as a number of national programmes, including staffing supply and capacity, professional learning and school leadership.