Wirral is to get an extra £300,000 in government grant to boost educational achievement for pupils from the most deprived backgrounds.
The final “pupil premium” allocation for this year now stands at £5,517,914.
Councillor Pat Williams, Liberal Democrat spokeswoman for children and young people, said: “It is truly shocking that, nationally, pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds are three times less likely to achieve five good GSCEs than their more well-off classmates.
"It's really important that we build a picture of true need within each school and make sure as many pupils as possible who are entitled to free school meals claim them, as this is how the pupil premium is allocated and will help to secure the maximum funding for Wirral schoolchildren in future.”
Councillor Williams said she would be be asking questions about how to further increase the numbers of Wirral pupils registered for free meals "in a sensitive way that protected the privacy of pupils so that other children would not know who was receiving them."
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