Pupil Premium Strategy 2025
Publicly-funded schools in England get extra funding from the government to help them improve the attainment of their disadvantaged pupils.
Evidence shows that children from disadvantaged backgrounds:
- generally face extra challenges in reaching their potential at school
- often do not perform as well as their peers
The pupil premium grant is designed to allow schools to help disadvantaged pupils by improving their progress and the exam results they achieve. Schools get pupil premium funding based on the number of pupils they have from the groups outlined below. The Pupil Premium is not based on ability.
Applying for Pupil Premium
We encourage parents and carers to consider the application for Pupil Premium. There are four elements to pupil premium:
- Free School Meal eligibility
- Service Children
- Adopted from Care, Special Guardianship order and Residence Order
- Children in Care
Any qualifying family that registers their eligibility (based on the free school meal criteria) will help raise pupil premium money for the school. For 2025-26, the additional funding received by schools will be £1,515 for each child who is currently registered for free school meals or has been registered at any point within the previous 6 years (know as Ever 6).