Pupil Premium / Catch-up Funding

The government announced £1 billion of funding to support children and young people to catch up lost time after school closure due to the pandemic. This is especially important for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged backgrounds.

For primary schools this funding includes:

• a one-off universal £650 million catch up premium for the 2020 to 2021 academic year to ensure that schools have the support they need to help all pupils make up for lost teaching time; and

• a £350 million National Tutoring Programme to provide additional, targeted support for those children and young people who need the most help, which includes: a school’s programme for 5 to 16-year-olds – for more information, see the National Tutoring Programme FAQs, and an oral language intervention programme for reception-aged children.

The school’s funding allocation will be calculated on a per pupil basis. A mainstream primary school will get £80 for each pupil in from reception to year 6 inclusive. The school will receive funding in 3 tranches – 1. autumn 2020 – this is based on the latest available pupil data in the October census; 2. Early 2021 – based on updated pupil and place data. This payment will also take account of the initial part payment made in autumn 2020 so that the school will receive a total of £46.67 per pupil or £140 per place across the first 2 payment rounds; and 3. summer 2021 term - a further £33.33 per pupil or £100 per place.