Pupil Premium

The pupil premium grant is funding to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in state-funded schools in England.

The pupil premium grant is funding to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged 5-16-year-olds in state-funded schools in England. Schools are still recovering from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. In England the primary and secondary school attainment gaps between disadvantaged pupils and their peers grew between 2019 and 2022, having narrowed over the previous 8 years. The disadvantage gap index at primary level has remained constant between 2022 and 2023. In parallel, the 2023 disadvantage gap index at secondary continued to increase to its highest level since 2011.

Acre Wood Academy uses the additional funding to narrow the disadvantage gap.

A new Pupil Premium Plan will be in place for September 2025 and will appear as a downloadable document.