What is Pupil Premium?

Opportunity for children and young people is too often defined by their background. This school is determined to do more to improve the life chances of our most disadvantaged children and break the link between background and future success. The pupil premium grant plays a critical role in supporting the work of the school to drive high and rising standards and ensure every child, no matter their background, can achieve and thrive.

Pupil premium is additional funding for state-funded schools in England to help raise the educational outcomes of disadvantaged 5- to 16-year-olds. We know that disadvantaged pupils, on average, achieve worse educational outcomes due to the additional challenges they face.

Pupil premium supports the aim of narrowing the gap between the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and their peers. This will help to break the link between children’s outcomes and those of their parents.

Currently, funding is allocated to each school according to the number of pupils that:

• are currently entitled to free school meals (FSM);
• have received FSM at any point within the last six years (Ever 6 FSM);
• are currently, or have previously been, in the care of the local authority;
• are a child in a 'Services Family'. 

How do I apply?

If you think that your child may be eligible for pupil premium funding, please speak with a member of the office staff or the Community and Family Welfare Team. They will provide you with further support and information. Alternatively, you can apply for free school meals by:

• telephone - call Leicester City Council on 0116 4541009 (option 3)
• online- visit the website below 

                  - email education-fsm@leicester.gov.uk

• Free School Meals Application

Pupil Premium at Medway Community Primary School

Mrs Elton is the pupil premium lead for this academic year.

Medway Primary School has received £210,800 in Pupil Premium funding for the academic year 2026 - 27.

The Pupil Premium Strategy document provides a breakdown of how we intend to use this funding to diminish the difference between disadvantaged children and their peers.

This document also includes: our statement of intent; a breakdown of the challenges faced by disadvantaged children in our school; our three-year Pupil Premium Strategy to support children in overcoming these challenges; and a review of the impact that Pupil Premium funding had on disadvantaged children at Medway in the previous academic year