The Education Department has confirmed that advanced talks are taking place with head teachers about Jersey Premium – the name for the local scheme, which will see schools with pupils
from less well-off backgrounds given up to £1,000 per student for their learning – and that certain projects could be in place in the next few weeks.
The trial scheme is primarily focused on Haute Vallée and its four feeder primary schools of First Tower, d’Auvergne, St Lawrence and Rouge Bouillon, but all schools have been able to submit bids to fund projects from the £837,000 allocated to the pilot by the States.
Last month the department received 50 reports from Island schools detailing how they would use the money, which will be allocated to students whose parents are receiving income support.
Pupils with parents on low incomes but who do not qualify for income support because they have less than five years’ residency will also be eligible. The department has not yet confirmed how that element will work in practice.
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