Fund given to schools in England and Wales for disadvantaged pupils
The pupil premium is a grant given by the government to schools in England to decrease the attainment gap for the most disadvantaged children, whether by income or by family upheaval. For each pupil who is eligible for free school meals, or has claimed free school meals in the last six years, their school receives £1,345 (if a primary school) or £955 (if a secondary school).[1]
Schools receive an extra premium of £2,345 for pupils:
in local authority care
adopted from care (and the parent self-declares)
were in care in the last year, which ceased by virtue of a special guardianship order (and the guardian self-declares),[2] residence order or Child Arrangement Order.
Service children also receive an allocation of £310, if a parent is serving in the armed forces or is in receipt of a service pension.[3]
The pupil premium was in the 2010 Liberal Democrat manifesto and it was introduced in 2011 by the Conservative—Liberal Democrat coalition government, with the Liberal Democrats being the primary advocate for it, at £488 per pupil. It increased to £600 per pupil in 2012–13 and eligibility was extended to pupils who have been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years (known as the 'Ever 6' Free School Meals measure).[4]
^"[Withdrawn] Pupil premium 2016 to 2017: Conditions of grant". Retrieved 23 February 2017.
^Background: Children Looked After School Circular. Accessed 2015-04-23.
^"[Withdrawn] Pupil premium 2016 to 2017: Conditions of grant".
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