Pupil Premium
Commons · Question 8366 · Tabled 9 Oct 2024 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending eligibility for Pupil Premium Plus to (a) children who have not been looked after and (b) other children in kinship care.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 18 Oct 2024
The department is providing over £2.9 billion of pupil premium funding in 2024/25 to improve the educational outcomes of disadvantaged pupils in England.The criteria for pupil premium eligibility are:Pupils who are recorded as eligible for free school mea...