Premium Funding: Information & Impact
What is Pupil Premium?
Schools receive a small amount of additional income called the Pupil Premium. This money is allocated by the Government to help schools support children from low-income families and children in care. The amount of additional funding schools receive is based on the number of children who are entitled to receive free school meals, or have been in the past 6 years, or are looked after children. ‘Disadvantaged pupils’ is used to refer to only those pupils for whom the Pupil Premium provides support.
Nationally, disadvantaged children attain less and make slower progress when compared to other students. The most recent available figures for the ‘national’ picture show that this gap continues to grow. Pupil Premium money has been given to help schools close this gap.
The pupil premium provides support for pupils who:
1. were registered as eligible for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years (FSM)
2. have been looked after for 1 day or more (CLA)
3. were adopted from care on or after 30 December 2005, or left care under:
- a special guardianship order
- a child arrangements order (CLA)
Delivering support and measuring impact
Schools are required to publish information on how Pupil Premium funding is used. This information can be found in our Premium Funding Strategy below.