Pupil Premium
What is Pupil Premium?
The pupil premium is a grant given to schools to close the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers, and to support pupils with parents in the armed forces.
Schools receive money for each pupil of compulsory age who fits the eligibility criteria. There are five categories of eligibility with different amounts of funding attached.
Pupils in year groups reception to year 6 recorded as 'ever 6 free school meals (FSM)' |
£1,320 |
Pupils in year groups 7 to 11 recorded as 'ever 6 FSM' |
£935 |
Looked after children (LAC) |
£2,300 |
Post-LAC |
£2,300 |
Pupils with parents in the armed forces |
£300 |
A school’s grant allocations are based on the number of eligible pupils recorded on the January census