Pupil Premium Plus for Previously Looked After Children and the School and Pupil Autumn Census 2024

For mainstream and special schools, the Pupil Premium grant for financial year 2025 to 2026 will include children recorded in the October 2024 school census who were looked after by a local authority or other state care immediately before being adopted, or who left local authority or other state care on a special guardianship order or child arrangements order (previously known as a residence order). This includes children adopted from state care or equivalent from outside England and Wales. 

The current rate for pupils who are recorded as Previously Looked-After Children is £2,570 per pupil. 

As within the Using Pupil Premium: Guidance for School Leaders (publishing.service.gov.uk), Pupil Premium funding based on the eligibility of previously looked-after children is part of your school's pupil premium allocation.  

The designated teachers at your school have a key role in ensuring the specific educational needs of this cohort are reflected in how you spend your pupil premium plus. Their role includes encouraging parents of previously eligible looked- after children to tell the school if their child is eligible to attract Pupil Premium Plus funding. 

The Pupil Premium Plus for Previously Looked-After Children 2024 template letter (Word doc) [237KB] can be sent to parents and guardians to explain this ahead of the Schools and Pupils Census on 3 October 2024.  

If you have any queries relating to pupil premium plus for previously looked after children, please contact Virtual.SchoolsPIC@norfolk.gov.uk or call our general enquiries 01603 303323.