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Pupil premium spending: report to governors
Know what info to look out for in pupil premium reports from your school, so you can effectively monitor spending.
As a governor, you're responsible for monitoring how your school spends its pupil premium grant, including whether the funding is having a positive impact on eligible pupils.
Need a pupil premium refresh? Read our short articles on pupil premium and the rules on what it should be spent on, so you're clear on your monitoring role.
There's no required format for reports
Your headteacher will decide how to report pupil premium information to you, according to a Department for Education (DfE) representative.
The reports should focus on:
- How your school has spent its pupil premium
- How the pupil premium has helped increase the attainment of eligible pupils
Jeremy Bird, one of our associate education experts, gave us this advice.
Download our report templates
Giving you an idea of what your school's pupil premium reports should contain Giving you suggestions for what information you should ask to see and
- Academy Trust Handbook: changes from September 2021
- Financial transparency: requirements for maintained schools
- How to interrogate a finance report
- How to monitor and scrutinise the coronavirus catch-up premium
- How to monitor your school's pupil premium report
- How to use financial benchmarking
- Monitoring school finance: an overview
- Pupil premium: ensuring value for money
- Risk registers: summary and guidance
- Schools Financial Value Standard (SFVS): summary and questions to ask
- The third core function: overseeing financial performance
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