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<p><p>Both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have proposed introducing a 'pupil premium' in England, with the aim of narrowing the educational achievement gap between rich and poor pupils by attaching greater school funding to those from disadvantaged backgrounds.</p><p>In "The pupil premium: assessing the options", IFS researchers assess the rationale for a pupil premium and offer an empirical analysis of how such a scheme might operate in practice and affect school finances. We are very grateful to Esmée Fairbairn Foundation for financing this work.</p> </p>
Authors
Research Fellow
Luke is a Research Fellow at the IFS and his general research interests include education policy, political economy and poverty and inequality.
Haroon Chowdry
Research Fellow University of Bristol
Ellen, who was a Senior Research Economist at IFS and is now a Research Fellow, is a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute.
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- DOI
- 10.1920/co.ifs.2010.0113
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
H, Chowdry and E, Greaves and L, Sibieta. (2010). The pupil premium: assessing the options. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/pupil-premium-assessing-options-0 (accessed: 29 March 2024).
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