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Secondary Education: Disadvantaged

Answer

In the 2026/27 financial year, 11% (£5.6 billion) of the schools national funding formula (NFF) has been allocated through deprivation factors, and 18.1% (£9.2 billion) has been allocated for additional needs overall.

The total amount of funding allocated through the deprivation factors, and the proportion this represents of the overall schools NFF for 2026/27, can be found here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69417d442d5e7e863253755a/The_national_funding_formula_for_schools_and_high_needs_-_2026_to_2027.pdf.

In addition to the funding provided through the schools NFF, pupil premium rates are increasing by 2.2% in 2026/27. This will take total pupil premium funding to around £3.2 billion in 2026/27, which will improve attainment and wider outcomes of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Pupil premium is not ring-fenced by type of need, and schools determine how it is used. Therefore, the department does not allocate funding to be spent on specific forms of additional support. Guidance for school leaders on how to use pupil premium, including the menu of approaches on which schools can spend their funding, is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium/using-pupil-premium-guidance-for-school-leaders#the-menu-of-approaches.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

683

Session

2026-27

Related items

Secondary Education: Disadvantaged
Wednesday, 29 April 2026
Written questions
House of Commons

Subjects

Disadvantaged Finance Secondary education Pupil premium

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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