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Pupil Premium Grant - Overview 2024-2025

The Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) is additional funding allocated to schools to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils of all abilities to enable them to reach their potential and also to support children and young people with parents in the regular armed forces.

Pupil Premium Grant Funding for 2024-2025

In the 2024 to 2025 financial year, the following per-pupil rates apply for eligible pupils;

Disadvantaged Pupils

  • £1,480 for pupils in Reception to Year 6 who are eligible for free school meals (FSM) or who have been recorded as eligible in the past 6 years (FSM Ever 6)
  • £2,570 for Looked-After Children (LAC) – those in the care of, or provided with accommodation by, an English Local Authority.
  • £2,570 for children previously looked after (PLAC) by a Local Authority or other state care.

Service Children

  • £340 for pupils if they meet the following two criteria:
    • Pupils who have one parent serving in the regular armed forces, including pupils with a parent who is on full commitment as part of the full-time reserve service - this includes pupils with a parent who is in the armed forces of another nation and is stationed in England
    • Pupils who have been registered as a ‘service child’ on any school census in the past 6 years
  • They would also be eligible if:
    • Pupils who have a parent who has died while serving in the armed forces and the pupil receives a pension under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme or the War Pensions Scheme

For the financial year 2024-2025, Oxclose Primary Academy is estimated to receive £150,147 Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) funding.