Pupil Premium
Pupil premium is funding to improve education outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in schools in England. Evidence shows that disadvantaged children generally face additional challenges in reaching their potential at school and often do not perform as well as other pupils.
Pupil Premium – What you need to do
Pupil premium funding is allocated to eligible schools based on the number of:
- pupils who are recorded as eligible for free school meals, or have been recorded as eligible in the past 6 years (referred to as Ever 6 FSM)
- children previously looked after by a local authority or other state care, including children adopted from state care or equivalent from outside England and Wales
Pupil premium 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. It can be used:
- to support other pupils with identified needs, such as those who have or have had a social worker, or who act as a carer
- for whole class interventions which will also benefit non-disadvantaged pupils
Pupil premium funding is allocated to local authorities based on the number of:
- looked-after children, supported by the local authority
- pupils who meet any of the eligibility criteria and who attend an independent setting, where the local authority pays full tuition fees
Click here to see if you qualify for Free School Meals
Funding rates for financial year 2025-26
This table shows how the pupil premium grant is allocated to schools and local authorities in financial year 2025-26, based on per pupil rates.
his table shows how the pupil premium grant is allocated to schools and local authorities in the 2025 to 2026 financial year, based on per pupil rates.
| Funding criteria | Amount of funding for each primary-aged pupil per year | Amount of funding for each secondary-aged pupil per year | Funding is paid to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils who are eligible for free school meals, or have been eligible in the past 6 years | £1,515 | £1,075 | School |
| Pupils previously looked after by a local authority or other state care | £2,630 | £2,630 | School |
| Children who are looked after by the local authority | £2,630 | £2,630 | Local authority |
Service Pupil Premium 2025-26
Service pupil premium is additional funding for schools with children and young people of service families. Pupils in state-funded schools in England attract the service pupil premium grant, at the rate of £350 per eligible pupil in the 2025 to 2026 financial year.
Pupils are eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:
- one of their parents is serving in the regular armed forces (including pupils with a parent who is on full commitment as part of the full-time reserve service) or is in the armed forces of another nation and is stationed in England and they have been registered as a ‘service child’ in the most recent autumn DfE school census
- they do not currently have ‘service child’ status but they have been registered as a ‘service child’ on any DfE school census in the past 6 years
- one of their parents died whilst serving in the armed forces and the pupil receives a pension under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme or the War Pensions Scheme
This funding is primarily to enable schools to offer pastoral support and help mitigate the negative impact of family mobility or parental deployment. It can also be used to help improve the academic progress of eligible pupils if the school deems this to be a priority.
Service parents need to make school aware of their service status by talking to the Headteacher or a member of the office staff.
We are committed as a school to ensure that this money is spent to significant effect.
Please read the information below which gives details of our Pupil Premium Grant and how we allocate the funding.
Pupil Premium Strategy 2023-24
Pupil Premium Strategy 2021-22
