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Scottish government to give schools £120 million cash boost to help poorer pupils
A Scottish version of pupil premium is planning on giving more than 2,300 schools additional funding.
The premium has been around since 2011 in English schools and provides extra funding to primary and secondary schools in an attempt to help disadvantaged students and close the poverty gap.
Now a similar scheme called Pupil Equity Funding is set to be rolled out by the Scottish government and it will give £1,200 to a number of schools for every pupil who receives free meals.
About 1,900 primary schools will benefit from the new initiative, including 358 secondary schools and 112 special needs schools.
The cash boost will see Glasgow gain £21.6 million for its schools and Fife will receive £9.8 million of the £120 million fund.
In addition, North Lanarkshire will take £8.9 million, South Lanarkshire £7.9 million and Edinburgh will benefit from £7.5 million.
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