The Department stressed that, without an unlimited budget, it would always need to make trade–offs in its funding decisions.35 It told us it is firstly aiming to increase the proportion of funding targeted towards disadvantage, as it believes this has a greater marginal impact on outcomes for disadvantaged children.36 Secondly, it planned to direct more funding towards the early years.37 The Department also described considering outcomes beyond academic attainment in its funding decisions, as illustrated through a decision to invest an additional £30 million in school breakfast clubs, following EEF finding that providing breakfast for five to seven year olds led to two months or more progress in maths, reading and behaviour, and wider attendance and behaviour benefits.38