Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 29 April 2026 to Question 128336, what is the total a) amount and b) proportion of funding that is allocated to support additional needs for school pupils up to the age of 16, including both deprivation factors and the Pupil Premium funding.

In the 2026/27 financial year, 11% (£5.6 billion) of the schools national funding formula (NFF) has been allocated through deprivation factors, and 18.1% (£9.2 billion) has been allocated for additional needs overall.

The total amount of funding allocated through the deprivation factors, and the proportion this represents of the overall schools NFF for 2026/27, can be found here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69417d442d5e7e863253755a/The_national_funding_formula_for_schools_and_high_needs_-_2026_to_2027.pdf.

In addition to the funding provided through the schools NFF, pupil premium rates are increasing by 2.2% in 2026/27. This will take total pupil premium funding to around £3.2 billion in 2026/27, which will improve attainment and wider outcomes of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Pupil premium is not ring-fenced by type of need, and schools determine how it is used. Therefore, the department does not allocate funding to be spent on specific forms of additional support. Guidance for school leaders on how to use pupil premium, including the menu of approaches on which schools can spend their funding, is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium/using-pupil-premium-guidance-for-school-leaders#the-menu-of-approaches.