The Pupil Premium is additional funding given to publicly funded schools in England to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and close the gap between them and their peers. It is for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium is spent, since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility.
Pupil Premium is allocated to schools and is clearly identifiable. It is paid to schools according to the number of pupils who have:
- Registered as eligible for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years
- Been in care for 1 day or longer
- Are service children
For information on funding rates for schools in England, please read here: Pupil premium: overview – GOV.UK
Our strategy for the use of pupil premium can be found here: Pupil_premium_strategy_statement_25-25 and in our Pupil Premium Policy including information on:
- the main barriers to educational achievement faced by eligible pupils
- how we spend the pupil premium to overcome those barriers and the reasons for that approach
- how we measure the effect of pupil premium
