Moorlands Junior School
Pupil Premium Grant (PPG)
The pupil premium grant (PPG) is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England for the purpose of improving the educational outcomes of disadvantaged pupils. Schools must use their PPG to accelerate disadvantaged pupils’ progress, in order to raise their attainment and to close the gaps between them and their peers.
The grant also provides support for children and young people of service families, referred to as service pupil premium (SPP). This has been combined into pupil premium payments to make it easier for schools to manage their spending. Pupils that the SPP intends to support are not necessarily from financially disadvantaged backgrounds.
Funding criteria
Pupil premium funding is allocated to eligible schools based on the number of:
- pupils who are recorded as eligible for free school meals, or have been recorded as eligible in the past 6 years (referred to as Ever 6 FSM)
- children previously looked after by a local authority or other state care, including children adopted from state care or equivalent from outside England and Wales
Pupil premium is not a personal budget for individual pupils, and schools do not have to spend pupil premium so that it solely benefits pupils who meet the funding criteria. It can be used:
- to support other pupils with identified needs, such as those who have or have had a social worker, or who act as a carer
- for whole class interventions which will also benefit non-disadvantaged pupils
The PPG per pupil from 1st April 2025 is as follows:
| Disadvantaged pupils | Pupil premium per pupil |
| Pupils in year groups reception to year 6 as recorded as Ever 6 FSM | £1,515 |
| Looked after children (LAC) defined in Children Act 1989 as one who is in the care of, or provided with accommodation by, an English local authority | £2,630 |
| Children who have ceased to be looked after by a local authority in England and Wales because of adoption, a special guardianship order, a child arrangements order or a residence order | £2,630 (Paid to LA) |
| Service children | Pupil premium per pupil |
| Pupils in year groups reception to year 11 recorded as Ever 6 service child or in receipt of child pension from the Ministry of Defence | £350 |
In total for the 2025-2026 financial year Moorlands is projected to receive approximately £48,480. The annual PPG Strategy statement provides details of how we intend to spend the funding in this academic year and the outcomes for disadvantaged pupils last academic year.
