The Department for Education (DfE) defines the pupil premium (PP) as additional funding given to schools to help disadvantaged pupils.

Pupil premium (PP)
PP is additional funding given to schools to help disadvantaged pupils.
PP is given to pupils in school year groups from Reception to Year 11.
PP is given to pupils who are eligible for FSM or have been eligible in the past six years.
PP is also given to children who were previously looked after by a local authority or other state care.
PP is also given to children from armed services families.

Bexley Grammar School admits a minimum of 12 Pupil Premium students in each Year 7 cohort (see Admissions).

Pupil premium strategy statement

This statement details our school’s use of pupil premium (and recovery premium for the 2024 to 2025 academic year) funding to help improve the attainment of our disadvantaged pupils.

It outlines our pupil premium strategy, how we intend to spend the funding in this academic year and the effect last year's spending of pupil premium had within our school.