What is Pupil Premium?

Publicly-funded schools in England get extra funding from the government to help them improve the attainment of their disadvantaged pupils.

Evidence shows that children from disadvantaged backgrounds:

• generally face extra challenges in reaching their potential at school
• often do not perform as well as their peers

The pupil premium grant is designed to allow schools to help disadvantaged pupils by improving their progress and outcomes.

Funding

Schools get pupil premium funding based on the number of pupils they have from the following groups.

Free School Meals -for every pupil who claim free school meals, or who has claimed free school meals in the last 6 years.

Looked- After and Previously Looked-After– for every pupil who has left local authority care through adoption, a special guardianship order or child arrangements order.

Local authorities get the same amount for each child they are looking after; they must work with the school to decide how the money is used to support the child’s personal education plan.

It’s up to school leaders to decide how to spend the pupil premium. This is because school leaders are best-placed to assess their pupils’ needs and use funding to improve attainment.

Is my child entitled to Free School Meals?

https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals