The pupil premium is an allocation of funding provided to schools to support children who may be vulnerable to underachievement. The amount received is dependent on the number of children who are eligible and have claimed for free school meals at any time in the last six years (this categorisation changed in 2012).
All schools are required to report on the amount of funding and how this is being used.
Disadvantaged Pupils | Pupil premium per pupil |
Pupils in year groups reception to year 6 recorded as Ever 6 free school meals (FMS) | £1,345 |
Pupils in year 7 to 11 recorded as Ever 6 FSM | £ 955 |
Looked-after children (LAC) defined in the Children Act 1989 as one who is in the care of, or provided with accommodation by, an English local authority | £2,345 |
Children who have ceased to be looked after by a local authority in England and Wales because of adoption, a special guardianship order, or child arrangements order (previously known as a residence order) | £2,345 |