Daily roundup: Pupil premium plus, inequality in schools and retirement for the chief executive of the YJB

Schools should receive more than £1,000 in additional funding for every looked-after child that they teach, according to a report by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Looked After Children and Care Leavers. Tory MP Edward Timpson, chair of the committee, said the “pupil premium plus” would be worth around double the existing pupil premium, which this year rises to £600. The Prime Minister David Cameron has read the report and asked the Education Secretary to "consider its recommendations carefully".

A teaching union has warned that inequality in educational provision is set to increase for ethnic minority pupils. Research by the NASUWT, found that cuts to local authority spending and the government decision to stop ringfencing the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant is having an adverse impact on the help schools can give to ethnic minority pupils. More than a third (37 per cent) of teachers and head teachers who responded to the survey said resources for ethnic minority achievement were declining in their area.

Youth Justice Board (YJB) chief executive John Drew will retire at the beginning of next year, the organisation has announced. The YJB said the process to find his successor is underway and an announcement is likely to be made in November. Drew joined the YJB in 2009 and has overseen reductions in first time entrants to the youth justice system and a drop in the numbers of young people in custody.

Serious youth violence in London has fallen since efforts to crackdown on gangs intensified, the Met Police has revealed. Since the launch of the Trident Gang Crime Command six months ago, overall serious youth violence is down by 34 per cent. Meanwhile knife injuries involving those under the age of 25 have reduced by 29 per cent. In addition to arrests, the unit has worked with partners to divert young people away from joining gangs.

The cost of raising a child to the age of 11 has increased to more than £90,000, according to new figures published by the Halifax. The building society says the cost of raising a child in Britain increased 15 per cent from £7,222 a year in 2007 to £8,307 in 2011. Costs associated with school made up the largest increase including uniforms, school trips and lunches.