Pupil Premium grant made available to schools for youngsters currently or recently in receipt of free school meals. The government believes that the pupil premium, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers, by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most.
The pupil premium was introduced in April 2011 and is allocated to schools to work with pupils who have been registered for free school meals at any point in the last six years (known as ‘Ever 6 FSM’).
Schools also receive funding for children who have been looked after continuously for more than six months, and children of service personnel.
From Academic Year 2014/15 the Government have made further funding of £1900 per pupil available to schools for students who are in Reception to Year 11. This grant is called Pupil Premium Plus and is for youngsters adopted from care in England or who have left care under a Special Guardianship Order or Residence Order (under the Children Act 1989).
The funding is used in school to support your child’s education through a number of strategies. Our pupil premium at Eyres Monsell supports initiatives such as improving attendance, improving behaviour and attitudes to learning, raising attainment and achievement and providing additional opportunities such as supporting trip and enrichment costs.
Barriers to educational achievement for eligible pupil premium pupils
Academic barriers
Additional Barriers
Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 22-23
