What is the pupil premium?
The pupil premium is additional funding paid to schools in respect of their disadvantaged pupils (pupils who have been registered for free schools meals (FSM) at any point in the last six years or are looked after continuously by the local authority for more than six months or whose parents are currently serving in the armed forces ).
The grant provides funding to improve educational outcomes for these pupils in state-funded schools in England. Is not a personal budget for individual pupils, and schools do not have to spend pupil premium so that it solely benefits pupils who meet the funding criteria.
The Department for Education’s information about pupil premium can be viewed here:
Link to Department for Education information page about pupil premium
