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Pupil Premium Grant - Overview 2025-2026

The Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) is additional funding allocated to schools to raise the educational outcomes of disadvantaged pupils of all abilities to enable them to reach their potential and also to support children and young people of service families.

Pupil Premium Grant Funding for 2025-2026

In the 2025 to 2026 financial year, the following per-pupil rates apply for eligible pupils:

Disadvantaged Pupils

  • £1,515 for pupils in Reception to Year 6 who are eligible for free school meals (FSM) or who have been recorded as eligible in the past 6 years (FSM Ever 6)
  • £2,630 for Looked-After Children (LAC) – those pupils who are looked after by the Local Authority.
  • £2,630 for pupils previously looked after (PLAC) by a Local Authority or other state care.

Service Pupil Premium Funding for 2025-2026

In the 2025 to 2026 financial year, the following per-pupil rates apply for eligible pupils who are part of service families:

  • £350 for pupils if they meet any of the following criteria:
    • Pupils who have one parent serving in the regular armed forces, including pupils with a parent who is on full commitment as part of the full-time reserve service - this includes pupils with a parent who is in the armed forces of another nation and is stationed in England and they have been registered as a ‘service child’ in the Autumn DfE School Census
    • Pupils who have been registered as a ‘service child’ on any DfE School Census in the past 6 years
    • Pupils who have a parent who has died while serving in the armed forces and the pupil receives a pension under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme or the War Pensions Scheme

For the financial year 2025-2026, Oxclose Primary Academy is estimated to receive £154, 845 Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) funding.