Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authority-maintained schools were in receipt of the Service Pupil Premium in each of the last five years.
The number of local authority-maintained schools in receipt of the Service Child element of the Pupil Premium in each of the last five years are shown below. The figures have decreased over the period due to the number of academy conversions in that time. The figures for financial year 2020/21 are also shown but are provisional, as the new and growing schools are due to be incorporated in the final quarterly update later this year.
Financial Year | Number of LA maintained schools in receipt of the Service Pupil Premium |
2015-16 | 7,102 |
2016-17 | 6,868 |
2017-18 | 6,405 |
2018-19 | 6,062 |
2019-20 | 5,855 |
2020-21 (provisional) | 5,820 |