What is the pupil premium?

The pupil premium is extra money for schools to help disadvantaged pupils of all abilities achieve their full potential.

The amount of pupil premium funding schools receive is decided by how many disadvantaged pupils they have – schools then receive funding per pupil premium-eligible child.

What should schools be spending the pupil premium on?

Schools must spend their pupil and recovery premium in line with a menu of approaches, based on expert evidence of what works when it comes to improving the outcomes of disadvantaged children.

Schools must allocate spending across the following three key areas:

• Support high-quality teaching, such as staff professional development
• Provide targeted academic support, such as tutoring
• Tackle non-academic barriers to academic success, such as difficulties with attendance, behaviour, and social and emotional wellbeing.

Please read the information below which gives details of our Pupil Premium Grant and how we allocate the funding:

It is up to schools to decide how exactly to spend their pupil premium so that it supports pupils who need it most.

• Educationally Disadvantaged Model and Strategic Plan 2024-25
• Pupil Premium Strategy 24-25