Pupil Premium

What is Pupil Premium?

The pupil premium is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and close the gap between them and their peers.  Pupil Premium was introduced in April 2011 and is allocated to schools to allow them to work with children who are registered for free school meals, are looked after children, or are children of service personnel.

Pupil premium funding is available to:

• local-authority-maintained schools, including special schools, pupil referral units (PRUs), and voluntary-sector alternative provision (AP)
• special schools not maintained by the local authority (NMSS)
• academies and free schools, including special and AP academies.

In the 2018 to 2019 financial year, schools will receive the following funding for each pupil registered as eligible for free school meals (FSM) at any point in the last 6 years:

• £1,320 for pupils in reception to year

Schools also receive £1,900 for each pupil who has left local-authority care because of 1 of the following:

• adoption
• a special guardianship order
• a child arrangements order
• a residence order

If a pupil has been registered as eligible for free school meals and has also left local-authority care for any of the reasons above, they attract the £1,900 rate.