Request
Please can I have the details of what the Pupil Premium money has been spent on.
Response
Jersey Premium was piloted in 2016 and introduced in all States of Jersey schools in January 2017.
Pilot Phase
The Education Minister has previously answered two questions regarding Jersey Premium expenditure during the initial pilot phase. The Education Department has refused this request under Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 as these answers are already in the public domain, at the following locations:
Hansard Transcript of the States Assembly Sitting – 2 May 2017
See section 2.14 on pages 24-25 (‘Deputy G.P Southern of St Helier of the Minister for Education regarding expenditure on the pupil premium’)
Written question to the Minister for Education by Deputy G.P Southern of St Helier.
Main Implementation Phase – January 2017 onwards
All States of Jersey schools will be required to publish an evaluation of their Jersey Premium interventions and spending during the 2017 calendar year by 31 January 2018. Publication of an annual evaluation and strategy for Jersey Premium in each school is a requirement of the Jersey Premium Policy, which is now available online.
Jersey Premium Policy
Exemption applied
Article 23 - Information accessible to applicant by other means
(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is reasonably available to the applicant, otherwise than under this Law, whether or not free of charge.
(2) A scheduled public authority that refuses an application for information on this ground must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant where the applicant may obtain the information.
