Pupil Premium
Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 2023 - 2026
Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 2022 - 2025
What is Pupil Premium?
The pupil premium grant is funding to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in state-funded schools in England. In the financial year 2023-24, pupil premium spending will increase to almost £2.9 billion.
Pupil eligibility
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
Funding
Pupil Eligibility criteria | Amount of funding for each primary-aged pupil per year |
Pupils who are eligible for free school meals, or have been eligible in the past 6 years | £1,455 |
Pupils previously looked after by a local authority or other state care | £2,530 |
Children who are looked after by the local authority | £2,530 |