Pupil Premium

What is Pupil Premium Funding?

Pupil premium is additional funding for schools for students who: 

• Who are eligible for targeted free school meals 
• Who are already in the school and attract PP funding 
• Are, or have been, in care; or  
• Have parents in the armed force 

Please note, those students who are eligible for expanded free school meals do not attract pupil premium funding from September 2026. 

End of transitional protection 

Until now, some pupils have kept their pupil premium entitlement when moving between primary and secondary school, even if their family circumstances changed. This will end in July 2026. Only if families are assessed as eligible for targeted free school meals when they enter in year 7 and every subsequent year will they attract pupil premium funding. 

School spends pupil premium funding on:   

• Educational provision/resources 
• Academic interventions 
• Curriculum trips  
• Contributions to uniform and travel  
• Contributions to extracurricular activities such as peripatetic music lessons, LAMDA, DofE and residential and non-curricular trips and visits 

Pupil premium is not a personal budget for individual students and schools do not have to spend pupil premium so that it solely benefits students who meet the funding criteria. It can be used: 

• to support other students with identified needs, such as those who have or have had a social worker, or who act as a carer.  
• for whole class/group interventions which will also benefit non-disadvantaged students.  
  
  

AGGS Pupil Premium Strategy Statement