The Government believes that the Pupil Premium, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their wealthier peers by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most.

In most cases the Pupil Premium is allocated to schools and is clearly identifiable. It is for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium, allocated to schools per FSM pupil, is spent, since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility.　
Department For Education Website (Updated 26th October 2012)

There are guidelines for how to allocate the funding issued by the Department for Education which can be accessed here...

Find out how Belvidere School is utilising the Pupil Premium in 2020/2021 here....

How we used Pupil Premium in 2019/2020 here...