Pupil Premium

The Use and Impact

The Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) is additional funding allocated by the government to children deemed to be disadvantaged. In most cases the Pupil Premium is allocated to schools and is clearly identifiable. 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.

The following groups are eligible for pupil premium:

• pupils who are recorded as eligible for free school meals, or have been recorded as eligible in the past 6 years, including eligible children of families who have no recourse to public funds (NRPF)
• children looked after by local authorities, referred to as looked-after children
• children previously looked after by a local authority or other state care, referred to as previously looked-after children

Pupils in years 7 to 11 recorded as Ever 6 as well as eligible NRPF pupils in these year groups. Pupil premium per pupil £1,050.

Looked after children (LAC) defined in the Children Act 1989 as one who in the care of, or provided with accommodation by, an English local authority. Pupil premium per pupil £2,570.

Children who have ceased to be looked after by a local authority in England and Wales because of adoption, a special guardianship order, or child arrangement order (previously known as a residence order). Pupil premium per pupil £2,570.

Service pupil premium

Service pupil premium is additional funding for schools with pupils who have parents serving in the armed forces. It has been combined into pupil premium payments to make it easier for schools to manage their spending

Pupils in state-funded schools in England attract the service pupil premium grant, at the rate of £340 per eligible pupil in financial year 2024-25, if they meet one or more of the following criteria:

• one of their parents is serving in the regular armed forces, including pupils with a parent who is on full commitment as part of the full-time reserve service - this includes pupils with a parent who is in the armed forces of another nation and is stationed in England
• registered as a ‘service child’ on any school census in the past 6 years
• one of their parents died while serving in the armed forces and the pupil receives a pension under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme or the War Pensions Scheme

 Please click on the links to see the Premium Strategy statement and Review 2023-2024 and the Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 2024-2025.