Pupil and Recovery Premiums - eligibility and strategy plan
PUPIL PREMIUM
What is Pupil Premium?
The pupil premium is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils of all abilities and to close the gaps between them and their peers.
Funding
Schools will receive the following funding for each child registered as eligible for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years:
- £1,345 for pupils in reception year to year 6
Schools will also receive £2,410 for each pupil identified in the spring school census as having left local-authority care because of 1 of the following:
- adoption
- a special guardianship order
- a child arrangements order
- a residence order
If a pupil has been registered as eligible for free school meals and has also left local-authority care for any of the reasons above, they will attract the £2,410 rate.
Children who have been in local-authority care for 1 day or more also attract £2,410 of pupil premium funding. Funding for these pupils is managed by the virtual school head (VSH) in the local authority that looks after the child.
EYFS Pupil Premium
Schools will receive pupil premium funding at a rate of 53p per hour for children in Nursery who are eligible.
To be eligible families need to meet one of the following criteria:
- income Support
- income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
- income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- the guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit (provided they’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
- Working Tax Credit run-on, which is paid for 4 weeks after they stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
- Universal Credit
- The pupil has been in local-authority care for 1 day or more in England or Wales
- The pupil has been adopted from care in England or Wales
- The pupil has left care under a special guardianship order or residence order in England or Wales
In February 2021, the government announced a one-off recovery premium as part of its package of funding to support education recovery.
The recovery premium provides additional funding for state-funded schools in the 2022 to 2023 academic year. Building on the pupil premium, this funding will help schools to deliver evidence-based approaches for supporting disadvantaged pupils.
Schools will receive an additional £145 for each disadvantaged pupil in the school year September 2022 - July 2023.