The Pupil Premium is a government grant to schools for students who are in receipt of free school meals, who have been registered for free school meals within the last six years, or, who are looked after by the care system and children who have been adopted or whose parents or carers are serving in the Armed Forces. The Pupil Premium funding was introduced in April 2011.

For more detailed information please select one of the following:

• Pupil Premium Strategy 2021-2022
• Pupil Premium Expenditure Plan 2021-22
• Impact of Disadvantaged Pupil Premium Spending 2020-2021

The literacy and numeracy catch-up premium gives schools additional funding to support year 7 pupils who did not achieve the expected standard in English or Maths at the end of key stage 2 (KS2). The expected standard is a standardized score of 100 or more in the KS2 tests at the end of Primary School.

• Year 7 Catch Up Funding Report 2021-2022

The government has announced recovery funding to support children and young people to catch up lost time after school closure. This is especially important for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged. Information on allocation is included in the Disadvantaged strategy.