Support in schools for children from ethnic minority groups is lacking because of funding shortfalls, according to a new study.
Each ethnic minority pupil is seen as having the same level of need under the current system, so funding is insufficient when children have problems, says the Association of Teachers and Lecturers study.
The problem particularly affects asylum-seeker and refugee children, who often have complex needs.
The association is calling for the funding system to be reformed to recognise that children may have multiple needs.
It also argues that the system needs to be more responsive to pupils joining schools at different times throughout the school year, a common situation for asylum-seeker and refugee children.
