Pupil Premium Plus (PPP) for Looked-After Children
The Pupil Premium: Conditions of Grant 2024-25 and Pupil Premium Policy Paper set out allocation arrangements for the Pupil Premium Plus (PPP) money for Looked-After Children.
Different local authorities have adopted a variety of approaches for the administration of Pupil Premium Plus. The document below details the distribution arrangements for the Pupil Premium Plus for the education of Leicestershire Looked-After Children for 2024-25:
| 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 lunches |
| Counselling (where there is not and will not be CAMHS involvement) | Activities including clubs, hobbies and family days out |
| 1:1 tuition in an academic area | School activities including day trips, holidays and associated equipment. (For education residentials, see below) |
| Private lessons, particularly where the child can gain accreditation, e.g. music, dance, drama, singing | Day to day transport by car or public transport |
| Purchase of equipment for the child's sole use to support learning or development of a skill, e.g. laptop, musical instrument, sports equipment | Clothing and school uniform |
| Book purchases | Resources that would normally be in place anyway if the child was not in care |
| Costs associated with undertaking the Duke of Edinburgh award | To supplement the ‘pot’ for resource that the child would access anyway* |
| Dyslexia assessment | Expenditure on indirect costs such as administrative meeting time |
| Contribution 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.