Pupil Premium

What is Pupil Premium?

The pupil premium was introduced by the Government in April 2011 and is additional funding given to schools so that they can support their disadvantaged pupils and close the attainment gap between them and their peers.

The Government are not dictating how schools should spend this money, but are clear that schools will need to employ the strategies that they know will support these pupils to increase their attainment, and ‘close the gap’ between their attainment and the attainment of other pupils. As part of our duty to be publicly accountable for this additional funding and how we have used this to support pupils from low income families we are required to publish online information about how we have used this Pupil Premium. By doing so this ensures that parents and others are made fully aware of the attainment of pupils covered by the Premium and the extra support that they have received to enable this attainment.

Who is eligible for Pupil Premium?

In the 2019 to 2020 financial year, schools will receive the following funding for each child registered as eligible for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years:

• £1,320 for primary-aged pupils
• £935 for secondary-aged pupils

Schools will also receive £2,300 for each looked-after pupil who:

• has been looked after for 1 day or more
• was adopted from care on or after 30 December 2005, or left care under:
  • a special guardianship order
  • a residence order

Schools will also receive £300 for each pupil who has a parent serving in the armed forces.

More information about Pupil Premium funding can be found on the government website:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium/pupil-premium