Do schools gets extra funding for G&T?

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Haven't posted much on here but I'd be really grateful if someone could answer this question on extra funding. My dd is on the G&T register for her English and I understood that this meant the school was obliged to provide some kind of enrichment activities for her. We're in Haringey and I think they were given money for schools to fund these extra things. DD's now going into Year 5 and we were told when she was in Year 3 that some G&T progamme would be happening but still no sign of anything at all. I'm becoming a bit fed up with it and plan to talk to the head. It'd be really helpful if I was sure of my ground on funding etc.

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try the standards site or dfee site, they may have information on this

or qca

I'm a school governor in a high school with 1000 pupils. Finance is not my area but I had a look at the accounts for you.
In 2004 the school got £9000 but this year they got nothing but are still reuired to run the programme.
I don't know if the money came centrally or via the LEA.

I am involved in G&T provision, and I know that schools participating in the programme I am involved in are getting £700 next year (not a typo, I assure you) for taking part. However, while the school only gets that much (which is for releasing staff to go on training), there are people outside the school with funding to help.

In our area - AFAIK the only money given to G and T programmes is provided in deprived areas. So it is targetted to the areas of greatest social need (and the most acadmeic within those areas- although those might be people who with encouragement with get 5 GCSE's- obviously in richer parts of the city there are children who will be wlaking that and not classed as G&T). The money also funds enrichment programmes for those of all abilities- so my son's school- as special school- gets quite a bit of funding from it - it's not all g and t iyswim.

DS1's school gets funding from the g&t programme however, being up north we are probably classed as a deprived area. He has been on two educational trips this year all paid for through the g&t programme.

Thanks for all the advice. I'll take it up with the school next term.