Pupil Premium Strategy

Eligibility and Funding Amounts

The pupil premium is a grant given to schools to close the attainment gap between disadvantaged
pupils and their peers, and to support pupils with parents in the armed forces (this part of it is also
known as the ‘service premium’).

You receive money for each pupil of compulsory school age who fits the eligibility criteria. There are
5 categories of eligibility, with different amounts of funding attached.

Allocation
The grant is allocated in line with the financial year, which begins in April, rather than the academic
year. It’s based on the number of eligible pupils recorded at your school in the:
October census.

Maintained schools receive the grant through their local authority (LA). All schools receive quarterly instalments.

Spending the grant
Schools are required to spend the funding on activities chosen from a ‘menu of approaches’ published by the DfE.
However, they are not required don’t to spend an equal amount on each pupil, or fund interventions that benefit only
eligible pupils.

Pupil premium funding for looked-after children is allocated to the LA’s virtual school head, rather
than schools. The virtual school head will work with schools to decide how it will be spent.

Publishing pupil premium information
As a school receiving pupil premium funding, we must:
Publish a pupil premium strategy statement each year by 31 December which details
information as to how the school is spending the grant and its impact on our pupils. A copy of Moreton Say’s ‘Pupil Premium’ Strategy Statement can be downloaded here.

The early years pupil premium (EYPP) is for disadvantaged children aged 3 and 4 years old. All
providers who are eligible to receive early education funding are also eligible to receive the EYPP.

Click the links below to download information regarding our Pupil Premium Strategy