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WQ.299/2024
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING
BY DEPUTY I. GARDINER OF ST. HELIER NORTH
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 16th SEPTEMBER 2024
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER 2024
Question
"In relation to the Jersey Premium schools and colleges funding programme, will the Minister advise –
- how many pupils were in receipt of funding for each of the last five years, broken down into –
- pupils living in eligible Income Support households;
- pupils living in eligible Registered' households who have lived in the Island for less than five years who would otherwise be eligible for Income Support;
- pupils who are or have ever been Looked After Children;
- pupils with a parent/guardian serving in the Jersey Field Squadron; and
- pupils eligible under exceptional circumstances;
- how many pupils are expected to receive funding this year;
- the amount of funding allocated per pupil for each of the last five years;
- whether the total funding allocated to Jersey Premium increases annually with inflation; and
- what plans, if any, he has to uplift the Jersey Premium allocation in 2025, in addition to any inflation increase.
Will he further advise how many pupils in receipt of Jersey Premium are eligible for free school meals and how many receive free school meals?"
Answer
- Jersey Premium pupil numbers are provided below.
Academic year | 2019/2020 | 2020/2021 | 2021/2022 | 2022/2023 | 2023/2024 |
Pupils in receipt of Jersey Premium funding | 2843 | 3239 | 3259 | 3223 | 3171 |
Numbers within each category have been rounded up to the nearest ten to avoid disclosing identifiable information, as the dataset includes some small numbers.
JP Category | 2019/2020 | 2020/2021 | 2021/2022 | 2022/2023 | 2023/2024 |
Pupils living in eligible Income Support households | 2670 | 3060 | 3080 | 3040 | 3020 |
Pupils living in eligible Registered' households who have lived in the Island for less than five years who would otherwise be eligible for Income Support | 70 | 70 | 50 | 30 | 20 |
Pupils who are or have ever been Looked After Children; | 120 | 120 | 130 | 160 | 140 |
Pupils with a parent/guardian serving in the Jersey Field Squadron | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Pupils eligible under exceptional circumstances | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- This information is not available until the Education Department have completed the termly pupil census, at which point we will be in a position to confirm which of the eligible pupils attend each setting. Schools receive the funding in January each year.
- The rates used since 2017 are provided below with 24/25 UK rates for comparison.
UK 2024/25 | Rates | 2017 Rates | 2018 Rates | 2019 Rates | 2020 Rates | 2021 Rates | 2022 Rates | 2023 Rates | 2024 Rates |
1,480 | Primary | £985 | £750 | £1,005 | £1,060 | £1,150 | £1,345 | £1,370 | £1,490 |
1,050 | Secondary (inc post 16) | £635 | £480 | £645 | £680 | £725 | £955 | £975 | £1,060 |
2,570 | CLA | £1,270 | £960 | £2,000 | £2,300 | £2,300 | £2,345 | £2,410 | £2,595 |
2,570 | Previously CLA |
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| £1,500 | £1,700 | £2,345 | £2,410 | £2,595 |
340 | Service Children |
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| £310 | £310 | £345 |
- The amount of budget for Jersey Premium increases in line with pay inflation. Approximately 75% of the JP budget is staffing and 25% non-staffing, therefore 75% of the budget is increased. The remaining 25% is increased based on non-pay inflation allocated by Treasury. The 2024 JP Budget is £4,778,000.
- For 2025 I will ensure an inflationary uplift as per the inflation process detailed in part (d) and as pay awards for 2025 will be 1% above RPI, I am confident the overall budget will remain sufficient to deliver appropriate benefits.
For 2026 I will be assessing any benefits or disbenefits of transferring the JP budget to Annually Managed Expenditure and if appropriate I will liaise with the Minister for Treasury and Resources to request that Jersey Premium is transferred to AME.
- The Department does not hold this data. Jersey Premium is not the criterion for eligibility for Free School Meals.