Councillors Jerry Evans and Tanveer Choudhry outside one of the many local schools which will benefit

Birmingham schools are set to get an extra £23 million from the Lib Dem ‘pupil premium’ to be introduced next autumn.
It will be added to the existing school funding formula and will amount to £430 for each pupil who is on free school meals or is in Council care.
Councillor Tanveer Choudhry said “This is welcome news. It will help to deliver real improvements to local education. Heads and Governors now know what they will get and need to be planning how they will spend it.
“Schools must spend the money supporting pupils who need the help. It can be spent on more teaching assistants, teacher training, learning mentors, family support, homework clubs and sport. This is a clear new resource for schools to be targeted at pupils from disadvantaged homes.”