Pupil Premium Funding 

The pupil premium grant provides funding to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in state-funded schools in England.

Funding criteria

Pupil premium funding is allocated to eligible schools based on the number of:

• pupils who are recorded as eligible for free school meals, or have been recorded as eligible in the past 6 years (referred to as Ever 6 FSM)
• children previously looked after by a local authority or other state care, including children adopted from state care or equivalent from outside England and Wales

Pupil premium is not a personal budget for individual pupils, and can be used by schools to support other pupils with identified needs, as well as group or whole class interventions which will also benefit non-disadvantaged pupils. 

Pupil premium funding is allocated to local authorities based on the number of:

• looked-after children, supported by the local authority
• pupils who meet any of the eligibility criteria 

If you think your child maybe entitled to Pupil Premium Funding , please speak to a member of the office staff who will be happy to assist you.