The Pupil Premium is now so embedded in schools as a priority, that it is easy to forget it was only introduced back in 2011. The programme is now worth £2.5 billion and the 2014/15 financial year will see primary schools receive £1,300 for each pupil registered as eligible for free school meals (FSM) at any point in the last six years – and £1,900 for each looked-after pupil.
Generally perceived as a strong government policy by the sector, the devil has been in the detail of implementation. There are many hurdles for schools to overcome in how they spend their Pupil Premium funding and how it is evidenced. It cannot simply disappear into a budgetary “black hole”.
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