What is the Pupil Premium funding?

What is the Pupil Premium funding?

– Defining the Pupil premium funding

What is pupil premium?

When did it first come about and why? Explore the history of pupil premium (started in 2011)

When the funding was first introduced, how much money was first provided? Has this increased as years have gone be?

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2010-to-2015-government-policy-education-of-disadvantaged-children/2010-to-2015-government-policy-education-of-disadvantaged-children

– How is it allocated?

Which schools receive the funding?

How do schools apply for the funding?

What is the criteria for pupil premium funding? Who has to be eligible? What do they receive?

– How does schools use their PP funding?

Once schools have the funding, how do they use the money?

Is there guidance on what they should be spending their funding on? (The EEF)