Schools on Arran and across North Ayrshire will receive nearly £5 million in 2017/18 to help close the poverty-related attainment gap, the SNP government has announced.
More than £45 million of dedicated funding is being provided to primary and secondary schools across Scotland in 2017/18 to help pupils from low-income backgrounds succeed at school.
The Scottish attainment challenge prioritises improvements in literacy, numeracy, health and wellbeing of children adversely affected by poverty in Scotland’s primary and secondary schools. This funding takes the challenge authorities and schools programme into its third successive year.