new research shows #supplementaryschools are delivering educational support that helps disadvantaged children catch up, why aren't they being funded?

State schools paying private tutors thousands for extra help
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English schools using funding for supporting disadvantaged students to pay as much as £1,400 a day to private tuition firms

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premiere of #supplementaryschools film by @EGbejuade + fellow @LordGreySchool students. With support of National Association of Neighbourhood Mgmnt

Junior Filmmakers screening 1 May '13
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On 1 May 2013 a film comparing supplementary and mainstream schools was shown to teachers as part of the Milton Keynes network of supplementary and mainstream schools – an initiative of the borough's Ethnic Minority Achievement and Support Service (www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/emass). The film was made…

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