Question reference: S5W-08701
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 6 April 2017
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 April 2017
Question
To ask the Scottish Government which (a) primary and (b) secondary schools are receiving support through the Scottish Attainment Challenge, broken down by the amount awarded.
Answer
The Scottish Attainment Challenge commits £750 million over the course of this parliament to close the poverty related attainment gap. A table setting out the primary and secondary schools that received support through the Scottish Attainment Challenge in 2016-17 has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre - BIB reference number 58676.
The process to allocate the £170 million committed in 2017-18 is underway. This includes £120 million Pupil Equity Funding. The school level allocations of Pupil Equity Funding are available on the Scottish Government website at http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Education/Schools/Raisingeducationalattainment/pupilequityfund/Schoolallocations.