Pupil Premium Funding Grant is an additional sum of money which is allocated to schools for children of statutory school age attending the school who are from low-income families who are either currently eligible for free school meals (FSM) or have been in the previous six years. There are also additional funds allocated to schools for a pupil who has been ‘looked after’ continuously for more than six months, or for a pupil whose parents are currently serving in the armed forces.

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Schools are free to spend the Pupil Premium in any manner which they believe will close the national attainment gap between Pupil Premium pupils and non-Pupil Premium pupils and increase pupil’s Cultural Capital.