Sentence examples for poorer background from inspiring English sources

The extra £475m in revenues would be spent on paying a pupil premium for every child from a poorer background; increasing early learning and childcare; reversing Scottish government cuts to college funding and stopping cuts to school budgets through council funding cuts.

John Swinney, the deputy first minister and finance secretary, told the conference his government had an ambitious strategy for inclusive growth, where "students from a poorer background have never had a better chance of a place at university than under the SNP".

Time and again, students predicted that the prospect of running up tens of thousands of pounds of debt would put people off from even applying for college, whether it was their younger brothers and sisters, their cousins or simply anyone from a poorer background.

The emphasis on the number of pupils from a poorer background is also a contentious issue for many schools in more affluent areas.

"Under this government, we've made real progress in getting students from poorer background to go to universities - something governments have been trying to do for decades.

"All the evidence shows that once a student from a poorer background gets those important A-level grades they are just as likely to go on to university," said Dr Wendy Piatt of the Russell Group of universities.

It always penalises young people from poorer backgrounds.

That's a lot better, especially for people from poorer backgrounds.

"In particular, whether the dip is made up disproportionately of students from poorer backgrounds.

"So I think you would have to have lower grades for people from poorer backgrounds.

Many universities just aren't doing enough to widen admissions to students from poorer backgrounds.