Funding given directly to schools from the Scottish Government has helped some pupils in Falkirk "achieve the unachievable".
Pupil Equity Funding - known as PEF - is intended to help children from deprived communities do better at school and close the attainment gap.
Members of Falkirk Council 's scrutiny committee heard that £22 million of PEF money has been received by local schools since 2017.