Surrey Mirror published Reigate headteacher's funding plan to get disadvantaged children...

The headteacher at Reigate Grammar School has pitched a new way to get more children into independent schools in a bid to improve social mobility.Shaun Fenton, who has worked in state schools for 20 years, is proposing the government-funded pupil premium could be used to gain some students places at independent establishments, with the school itself fundraising to 'top up' bursaries so the places are free.Pupil premium is additional funding for state schools, aiming to close the gap between...

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