Pupil Premium Plus – important information for kinship carers

What is Pupil Premium Plus?

Pupil Premium Plus is extra funding paid to a child’s school.

The aim of the funding is to help improve the educational attainment of children. The amount of funding paid this year is £2,570 per pupil, and this is paid directly to the school.

Pupil Premium Plus is available for children who are looked after or were previously looked after in the care system and are being raised by a kinship carer. This includes under:

• Special guardianship orders
• ‘Lives with’ child arrangements orders, and
• Residence orders
• Children who are still looked after, and placed with relatives or friends who are kinship foster carers. This could be under a court order or under a voluntary arrangement (section 20).

How does my child’s school get the extra funding? 

The school has to apply for Pupil Premium Plus.  

It is important that you make sure that your child’s school is aware that your child was previously looked after, and is eligible for Pupil Premium Plus. 

To ensure the school applies for this funding in time, inform the school that your child is eligible by no later than Thursday 3 October 2024. 

How should kinship carers inform the child’s school about their eligibility for Pupil Premium Plus?

Kinship carers can do this by sending the school a copy of the relevant court order. Or by asking the child’s social worker to confirm in writing that the child is looked after, and placed with you, their kinship foster carer.