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Pupil Premium Plus post-16 programme: grant determination letters

The grant determination letters to local authorities participating in the Pupil Premium Plus post-16 programme.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 1 July 2021
• Last updated: 15 May 2025
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  1. 15 May 2025

     Added 'Pupil Premium Plus (PP+) post-16: section 31 grant determination letter 2025 to 2026'.

  2. 22 May 2024

     Added 'Pupil Premium Plus (PP+) post-16: section 31 grant determination letter 2024 to 2025'.

  3. 27 June 2023

     Added 'Pupil Premium Plus (PP+) post-16: section 31 grant determination letter 2023 to 2024'.

  4. 27 October 2022

     Funding information has been updated in the 'Details' section. A section 31 grant determination letter for 2022 to 2023 has been added. Removed the 'PP+ post-16 pilot: expression of interest (EoI) form' and the 'PP+ post-16 pilot application guide' as the deadline has now passed.

  5. 1 October 2021

     Added 'Pupil Premium Plus (PP+) post-16 pilot: section 31 grant determination letter'.

  6. 1 July 2021

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Pupil Premium Plus (PP+) post-16: section 31 grant determination letter 2025 to 2026

PDF, 273 KB, 7 pages

Pupil Premium Plus (PP+) post-16: section 31 grant determination letter 2024 to 2025

PDF, 157 KB, 7 pages

Pupil Premium Plus (PP+) post-16: section 31 grant determination letter 2023 to 2024

PDF, 171 KB, 8 pages

Pupil Premium Plus (PP+) post-16: section 31 grant determination letter 2022 to 2023

PDF, 141 KB, 6 pages

Pupil Premium Plus (PP+) post-16: section 31 grant determination letter 2021 to 2022

PDF, 137 KB, 3 pages

Details

Between 2021 and 2023 we piloted £8 million of Pupil Premium Plus style funding in 58 local authorities in England.

Since 2023 we have rolled this funding out nationally to all eligible local authorities in England, with:

• £10 million in 2023 to 2024
• £14 million in 2024 to 2025
• £14 million in 2025 to 2026

This funding is for local authorities to use to improve the education outcomes for looked-after children and care leavers at post-16. In particular, it should support improvements in:

• attendance
• retention
• attainment

This should enable them to have sustained involvement in employment, education and training.

The 2025 to 2026 grant determination letter provides:

• details of a grant to support local authorities in receipt of post-16 Pupil Premium Plus funding
• details of the amount of funding awarded to each local authority site in 2025 to 2026
• a link to statutory guidance that participating sites should follow