Professional Resources This site puts cookies on your device to make it work better. By continuing to use our site, we’ll assume you’re okay with this. More about cookies Close notification Home Leicestershire Virtual School Professionals PPP Guidance The Looked After Children Pupil Premium Plus (PPP) is managed by the Virtual School Head in the local authority that looks after the child. The Virtual School Head works with schools to ensure that PPP money is spent to the educational benefit of the eligible child and address their individual needs as identified in the PEP. Pupil Premium Plus (PPP) for looked after childrenThe Pupil Premium: Conditions of Grant 2018-19 stipulates guidelines set by the government for spending Pupil Premium Plus (PPP) money for Looked After Children. Different Local Authorities have adopted a variety of approaches for the administration of distribution of Pupil Premium Plus. The document below details the arrangements for the distribution of Pupil Premium Plus for the education of children in care for 2018-19.PPP arrangements for Leicestershire LAC 2018-19 PDF, 477 kb How should PPP be spent?PPP can be spent on...PPP shouldn't be spent on...Therapeutic input, e.g. play therapy, art therapy, equine therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)Food including school lunchesCounselling (where there is not and will not be CAMHS involvement)Activities including clubs, hobbies and family days out1:1 tuition in an academic areaSchool activities including trips, holidays and associated equipmentPrivate lessons, particularly where the child can gain accreditation, e.g. music, dance, drama, singingDay to day transport by car or public transportPurchase of equipment for the child’s sole use to support learning or development of a skill, e.g. laptop, musical instrumentClothing and school uniformBook purchasesResources that would normally be in place anyway if the child was not in careCosts associated with undertaking the Duke of Edinburgh awardTo supplement the ‘pot’ for resource that the child would access anyway*Dyslexia assessmentExpenditure on indirect costs such as administrative meeting timeContribution towards costly residential education school trips (if all other educational needs are being met) *e.g. if the child has SEN and is behind age related expectations, would that child routinely access additional input or attend a small group intervention class? If so, PPP money should not be allocated to this.*Opens new window Help us improve this page Hide content Was this page helpful? Yes It was helpful, but Please select a reasonthere's a broken link it's hard to understand it's incorrect it's outdated it's too long Other No Please select a reasonit didn't answer my question it's not detailed enough it's hard to understand it's incorrect it's outdated it's too long Other Details Email address We’ll only use this to ask for more detail if we need to. Top of page
Home Leicestershire Virtual School Professionals PPP Guidance The Looked After Children Pupil Premium Plus (PPP) is managed by the Virtual School Head in the local authority that looks after the child. The Virtual School Head works with schools to ensure that PPP money is spent to the educational benefit of the eligible child and address their individual needs as identified in the PEP. Pupil Premium Plus (PPP) for looked after childrenThe Pupil Premium: Conditions of Grant 2018-19 stipulates guidelines set by the government for spending Pupil Premium Plus (PPP) money for Looked After Children. Different Local Authorities have adopted a variety of approaches for the administration of distribution of Pupil Premium Plus. The document below details the arrangements for the distribution of Pupil Premium Plus for the education of children in care for 2018-19.PPP arrangements for Leicestershire LAC 2018-19 PDF, 477 kb How should PPP be spent?PPP can be spent on...PPP shouldn't be spent on...Therapeutic input, e.g. play therapy, art therapy, equine therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)Food including school lunchesCounselling (where there is not and will not be CAMHS involvement)Activities including clubs, hobbies and family days out1:1 tuition in an academic areaSchool activities including trips, holidays and associated equipmentPrivate lessons, particularly where the child can gain accreditation, e.g. music, dance, drama, singingDay to day transport by car or public transportPurchase of equipment for the child’s sole use to support learning or development of a skill, e.g. laptop, musical instrumentClothing and school uniformBook purchasesResources that would normally be in place anyway if the child was not in careCosts associated with undertaking the Duke of Edinburgh awardTo supplement the ‘pot’ for resource that the child would access anyway*Dyslexia assessmentExpenditure on indirect costs such as administrative meeting timeContribution towards costly residential education school trips (if all other educational needs are being met) *e.g. if the child has SEN and is behind age related expectations, would that child routinely access additional input or attend a small group intervention class? If so, PPP money should not be allocated to this.*Opens new window Help us improve this page Hide content Was this page helpful? Yes It was helpful, but Please select a reasonthere's a broken link it's hard to understand it's incorrect it's outdated it's too long Other No Please select a reasonit didn't answer my question it's not detailed enough it's hard to understand it's incorrect it's outdated it's too long Other Details Email address We’ll only use this to ask for more detail if we need to.