Pupil premium funding is additional money given to schools to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils to close any potential gaps that may arise between them and their peers with respect to achievement.
Eligibility Criteria
Schools receive this extra money based on specific student groups enrolled:
- Free School Meals (FSM): Pupils eligible for FSM currently or at any point in the past six years (Ever 6 FSM).
- Looked-after and Previously Looked-after Children (LAC): Children in local authority care or adopted from state care.
- Service Children: Students with parents in the armed forces (supported via the Service Pupil Premium).
Throughout UK schools, the percentage of children eligible for this funding was 26.5% and, whilst these figures change weekly, Castle Wood is 29% which is slightly above the national average.
Our funding has been allocated in the following ways:
+2025 - 2026 Pupil premium strategy
+2024 - 2025 Pupil premium strategy
