An extra £5.3million is being ploughed into Haringey schools in a bid to boost teaching in some of the most deprived areas

Under the government’s new Pupil Premium scheme, introduced by the Liberal Democrats, children eligible for free school meals will receive £488 each in 2011-12.

Haringey’s primary and secondary schools will share the sixth highest sum of all London boroughs with Gladesmore Community School in Tottenham receiving the biggest grant of £377,224.

Schools with the biggest grants:

* Gladesmore Community School, N15 – £377,224

* Northumberland Park Community School, N17 – £259,128

* Greig City Academy, N8 – £240,584

* Park View, N15 – £214,720

* Woodside High School, N22 – £214,232

Schools minister Sarah Teather MP called it a “milestone in breaking the link between poverty and achievement, tackling Labour’s shocking legacy where the richest 16-year-olds are three times as likely to get five good GCSEs as the poorest”.

But Labour has insisted that despite this extra cash, Haringey schools are still languishing at the bottom of the funding table receiving £42million less than neighbouring boroughs.

Cllr Lorna Reith, cabinet member for children and young people, said: “Current government policy is to give to our young people with one hand and take away with the other. With their scrapping of the EMA and the Future Jobs Fund and tax and benefit changes that are hitting poorer families hardest, Lib Dem claims to be promoting social mobility through their pupil premium also seem pretty hollow.”

This comes as a consultation for fairer funding – where funding is awarded to schools based on need and not location – closed last week.

Lynne Featherstone, MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, has been campaigning for more money for schools in the borough for years. She said: “I’m proud to see us delivering for local schools already and I look forward to hearing the outcome of this consultation in the next few months.”