Pupil premium and other school premiums

Eligibility, allocations, conditions, guidance for effective use, forms and templates, accountability, reviews.

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Services

• Free school meals and pupil premium: model form for schools

  Model form that schools can use to determine which children are eligible for free school meals and the pupil premium.

• Early years pupil premium: model form and letter for parents

  Model form and letter to help providers of early years education identify which children are eligible for the early years pupil premium.

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Guidance and regulation

• PE and sport premium for primary schools
  • Detailed guide
  • 9 October 2024
  • Department for Education
• Pupil premium: allocations and conditions of grant 2024 to 2025
  • Guidance
  • 24 September 2024
  • Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Pupil premium
  • Guidance
  • 30 September 2024
  • Department for Education
• PE and sport premium: conditions of grant 2023 to 2024
  • Guidance
  • 24 April 2024
  • Education and Skills Funding Agency
• PE and sport premium funding 2023 to 2024 reporting and assurance
  • Guidance
  • 26 June 2024
  • Education and Skills Funding Agency

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News and communications

• Education recovery funding doubles for secondary schools
  • 26 May 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Press release
• Free holiday activities and meals for disadvantaged families
  • 27 July 2018
  • Department for Education
  • News story
• New Advanced Maths Premium can open more doors for young people
  • 28 February 2018
  • Department for Education and HM Treasury
  • News story
• Schools tackling disadvantage celebrated at Pupil Premium Awards
  • 13 May 2016
  • Department for Education
  • News story
• Pupil Premium Awards finalists announced
  • 22 April 2016
  • Department for Education
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Primary PE and sport premium survey
  • 15 July 2019
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• Experiences of the early years pupil premium
  • 27 January 2017
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• PE and sport premium: an investigation in primary schools
  • 17 December 2015
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• Teacher voice omnibus: June 2015 responses
  • 17 December 2015
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• Teacher voice omnibus: November 2014 survey - DfE questions
  • 16 July 2015
  • Department for Education
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• 16 to 19 bursary fund: allocation of discretionary element to providers
  • 17 March 2014
  • Department for Education
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 12 July 2013
• Equality analysis: year 7 literacy and numeracy catch-up premium
  • 1 March 2012
  • Department for Education
  • Impact assessment

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Pupil premium: schools with good disadvantaged pupil results
  • 18 March 2015
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Department for Education
• Education & Skills Funding Agency
• HM Treasury
• Ministry of Defence
• Prime Minister's Office 10 Downing Street

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