Pupil Premium

Pupil Premium 

Pupil Premium is an amount of money allocated to disadvantaged children in order to close the achievement gap.

The Government believes that the Pupil Premium, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to address the inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM), looked after children and service children, in comparison to all other pupils. There are three categories of pupils who are eligible:

  • Pupils recorded as ‘ever 6 FSM’ (pupils who are or have been eligible for FSM at any point during their 6 years of Primary School Education)
  • Looked after children and those children who have been adopted from care
  • Children of Service personnel

Pupils who are eligible for the pupil premium need to be aged 4 and over, in year groups to Year 11 in a maintained school.

Pupil Premium is allocated straight to our school and it is clearly identifiable. Currently at Nanpean School, we have just over 25% of our children eligible for this, which is slightly above the National Average for schools. The Government feels that Schools are free to spend the Pupil Premium as they feel is appropriate, as they believe that schools are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for individual pupils within their responsibility. However, all schools will be held accountable for how they have used additional funding to support pupils.