All schools participating in this programme are receiving allocations in proportion to their level of disadvantage and the size of their enrolment.
Giving Children an Even Break is a three year programme to tackle educational disadvantage at primary level and subsumes the previous process of designation of schools that serve areas of educational disadvantage. My Department's approach is now refined to ensure that individual at risk pupils are targeted. Rather than the old method of designating additional schools, my Department now provides support that is commensurate with the levels of concentration in schools of pupils with characteristics that are associated with educational disadvantage and early school leaving.