The Pupil Premium Grant is additional funding given to schools to:
It was first introduced in April 2011. Since then the amount schools receive has increased. Schools will receive funding based on the number of pupils who have been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years and for children who are looked after or adopted (LAC).
The grant funding for the following year in 2022 - 23 is; | |
Disadvantaged pupil | Funding |
Pupils in years R- 6 recorded Ever 6 FSM | £1385 |
Looked after children | £2410 |
Children Adopted or under a special Guardianship or residence order | £2410 |
Pupils in year R - 6 Service Child (parent in armed forces) (Service Pupil Premium SPP) | £320 |
The aims of the funding are as follows:
The grant is allocated to school by financial year (April to April). The reports available via the links below give the amount of the school's allocation from the Pupil Premium grant for the previous financial year and the current year. They cover part of this academic year with details of how it is intended the allocation will be spent; details of how the previous academic year's allocation was spent, and the effect of this expenditure on the educational attainment of pupils at school in respect of whom grant funding was allocated.