Pupil Premium

What is the Pupil Premium? 

The Pupil Premium Grant is additional funding given to schools so they can support their disadvantaged children and close the attainment gap between them and their peers

The Pupil Premium was introduced by the Government in April 2011. The Pupil Premium is funding provided to schools is additional to main school funding.

Where does the money come from?

Pupil Premium is allocated to schools based on the number of children on-roll who are currently known to be eligible for Free School Meals, a smaller amount is allocated according to the number of children of service families and there is also an allocation for each child who have been looked after in local authority care continuously for more than six months.

It is for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium is spent, since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility. However, schools are to be held accountable for how they have used the additional funding to support families. As of September 2012, this information must be published on the school website.

For more information on how TSM spend the pupil premium funding to address barriers and the reasons for our approaches, please click on the tab below to view our current reporting and planning.