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Guidance: Pupil premium

Department For Education

December 16
09:40 2022

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Pupil premium is funding to improve education outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in schools in England. Evidence shows that disadvantaged children generally face additional challenges in reaching their potential at school and often do not perform as well as other pupils.

The pupil premium overview explains how the government:

  • allocates pupil premium funding
  • expects schools and local authorities to use pupil premium
  • holds schools to account for their spending decisions

The guidance for school leaders explains:

  • how school leaders can use their funding effectively
  • the reporting requirements
  • how to check the schools allocation and find out more about payments

All schools that receive pupil premium must publish a strategy statement by 31 December each academic year, using the template provided.

The example statements are provided as a guide to help schools complete their own statements.

Published 18 October 2019
Last updated 16 December 2022 +show all updates
  1. We have updated 'Pupil premium: overview' to include pupil premium rates for the financial year 2023 to 2024.

  2. 'Use of the pupil premium' section has been updated to reference the menu of approaches and the 'Service pupil premium' section has been updated to correct inaccuracies in 'Pupil premium: overview'. 'Pupil premium strategy statement template' and 3 example statements have been updated.

  3. Updated 'Pupil premium: overview' to reflect that free school meal eligibility now includes children in all households with no recourse to public funds.

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