Pupil Premium and Recovery Funding

The pupil premium is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils of all abilities and to close the gaps between them and their peers.

What is the Pupil Premium and how do we use it?

• The Pupil Premium was introduced in April 2011. Local authorities are responsible for looked after children in care and will make payments to schools and academies where an eligible looked after child is on roll
• The Pupil Premium Grant is additional to the main school funding, and we use this to address underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals and their peers. It is allocated to children from low-income families who are currently known to be eligible for FSM and children who have been ‘looked after’ continuously for more than six months.
• A premium has also been introduced for children whose parents are currently serving in the armed forces. This service premium is designed to address the emotional and social well-being of these pupils.
• Schools are free to spend the Pupil Premium as they see fit. We use it for a range of academic, pastoral and enrichment purposes with the general aim that all children deserve the best regardless of background. We are held accountable for how we have used the additional funding to support pupils from low-income families and each year we publish a statement which details how we spend this funding which you can view below.
• Please see more information about the Pupil Premium Grant at the Department for Education Website.

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 2024/25

Pupil Premium Strategy 2023/24 EVALUATED

Pupil Premium Strategy 2023/24

Pupil Premium Strategy 2022/23 EVALUATED

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 2022/23

Pupil Premium Strategy - 2021/22 - EVALUATED

Pupil Premium Strategy - 2021/22

Pupil Premium Impact Statement - 2020/21

Pupil Premium Impact Statement - 2019/20

Pupil Premium Strategy - 2019/20

Pupil Premium Impact Statement - 2018/19

What is the Recovery Premium: and how will we use it?

• In February 2021, the government announced a one-off recovery premium as part of its package of funding to support education recovery.
• It is a time-limited grant providing over £300 million of additional funding for state-funded schools in the 2021/22 academic year and £1 billion across the 2022/23 and 2023/24 academic years.
• The recovery premium provides additional funding for state-funded schools in the 2021 to 2023/4 academic years. Building on the pupil premium, this funding will help schools to deliver evidence-based approaches for supporting disadvantaged pupils. 
• Staplehurst School Recovery Premium has been used to support those indentified pupils with additional tutoring sessions for the academic year 2023 - 2024
• Staplehurst Recovery Premium Action Plan 2021 – 2022 (and review of COVID Catch Up spending) 
• Found under catch up funding drop down

Please see our Catch Up Funding Plan below. We will be reviewing the impact of the Catch Up Funding at the end of this academic year.

• In June 2020 the government announced £1 billion of funding to support children and young people to catch up on missed learning caused by coronavirus (COVID19). This was especially important for the most vulnerable pupils and pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds who we know have been most affected. See our spending plan here:

Catch Up Funding Review - 2021/2022