Purpose

In February 2021, the government announced a one-off recovery premium as part of its package of funding to support education recovery.

The recovery premium provides additional funding for state-funded schools in the 2021 to 2022 academic year.

Eligibility

All schools that are eligible for pupil premium are eligible for recovery premium. This includes the following types of schools:

• mainstream primary, secondary and all through local authority-maintained schools, academies and free schools serving children aged 4 to 15
• local authority-maintained special schools
• special academies and free schools
• non-maintained special schools
• pupil referral units
• alternative provision (AP) academies and free schools
• local authority-maintained hospital schools and academies

We will provide funding to local authorities for eligible pupils they have placed in independent special schools, where the local authority pays full tuition fees, as recorded on their January 2021 alternative provision census.

Pupil eligibility

The recovery premium will be allocated using the same data as the pupil premium. This means the following pupils will attract recovery premium funding to schools:

• pupils who are eligible for free schools meals (FSM)
• pupils who have been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years
• children looked after by local authorities and referred to as looked-after children (LAC)
• post-looked after children (post-LAC)

Funding

Funding allocations

School allocations will be calculated on a per pupil basis.

Mainstream schools will get:

• £145 for each eligible pupil in mainstream education