The Pupil Premium is additional government funding provided to publicly funded primary and secondary schools in England to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils.

The Pupil Premium has one central aim: to raise the educational outcomes of disadvantaged pupils. In doing this, it also supports our mission to close the wide and persistent gap in achievement that separates children who grow up in poverty from their more affluent peers.

These gaps affect more than education and employment outcomes. Higher achievement is also tied to better health and well-being throughout our lives beyond education.

Every school is required to develop a Pupil Premium strategy to set out how they are spending their funding to support the attainment of disadvantaged pupils. The Department for Education (DfE) requires every school to publish an updated strategy statement every academic year.

The Education Endowment Foundation research is used to help us develop an effective strategy.