An “administrative change” to how the Pupil Premium is allocated means that the Department for Education (DfE) is using October 2020 census data – and not the usual January census – to decide on Pupil Premium eligibility for the 2021/22 financial year.
It means that any children who became “eligible” between October and January have not attracted Pupil Premium funding from April 2021. Instead they will have to wait a year.
A new survey conducted by the Local Government Association (LGA) has estimated that the move has seen £118m wiped off school budgets.
The findings break down to a loss of Pupil Premium funding of around £93 million for primary schools and £25 million for secondary schools.
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