Recovery Premium

What is the Recovery Premium

The Recovery premium is part of the government’s package of funding to support pupils whose education has been impacted by COVID-19.

It is a time-limited grant providing over £300 million of additional funding for state-funded schools in the 2021/22 academic year and £1 billion across the 2022/23 and 2023/24 academic years.

It is focused on pupils who are eligible for pupil premium and pupils in specialist settings such as:

  • special schools
  • special units
  • pupil referral units (PRUs)

This is because of the additional impact of the pandemic on these students

Recovery Premium