CYP Now - Call for pupil premium to be allocated on payment-by-results basis

The government is being urged to change the way the pupil premium is paid to schools in a bid to drive down the number of young people who become Neet (not in education, employment or training) when they leave school.

The charity Impetus-PEF proposes that the money, earmarked for disadvantaged pupils, be allocated to schools on a payment-by-results basis. It says that they should only receive payments if they can demonstrate improvements in exam results and that pupils go on to get a job, traineeship or further education placement.

For the 2013/14 academic year, schools are receiving £900 in premium payments for every pupil who qualifies for free school meals or is in local authority care to pay for additional support. This will rise to £935 in 2014/15.

Impetus-PEF has issued its recommendation to defer payments in a report , which claims that around £22bn of public money is currently spent on the 1.07 million 16- to 24-year-olds categorised as Neet.

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