The pupil premium is additional funding received by schools for each pupil from disadvantaged families. The Recovery premium is an add extra funding pot the School is also eligible form.
These grants are given to support children that are:
- recorded as eligible for free school meals, or have been recorded as eligible in the past 6 years, including eligible children of families who have no recourse to public funds
- children looked after by local authorities, referred to as looked-after children
- children previously looked after by a local authority or other state care, referred to as previously looked-after children
To see if your child is eligible for free school meals visit the DFE website