Adding up: The range and impact of school costs on families

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Citizens Advice policy briefing, September 2007

The Government has a commitment to ending child poverty and improving educational attainment. For the vast majority of children, securing a decent education is a critical factor in determining success in adult life. Yet for a whole host of reasons, children from low income families are less likely to flourish at school. Research has found that for these children, their experiences of school can be divisive and contribute to exclusion.1

The high costs associated with attending school can have a severe impact on low income families. Families can face hardship and children are at risk of exclusion if they are not in the correct uniform or unable to afford to participate in activities and trips. In 2005 Citizens Advice, children's charities and the National Union of Teachers formed a coalition to continue to highlight the broader costs associated with attending school.2

Download the complete briefing below.

1 Childhood poverty and social exclusion: From a child's perspective. Ridge, T, Bristol policy press, 2002.

2 The cost of a free education, Barnardos, The Bedford Charity, Child Poverty Action Group, End Child Poverty,

Family Welfare Association, National Union of Teachers, One Parent Families, Save the Children and Citizens Advice, 2005, 2006.

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