Parents' factsheet: Service Pupil Premium
The RAF Families Federation's top seven things parents should know about SPP
- Service Pupil Premium (SPP) was introduced in England under the Armed Forces Covenant in recognition of the impact of service life on children
- Schools only receive SPP for children registered as service pupils each January
- Schools can only record children as service pupils if the parents identify them as such
- Schools may not receive SPP until nearly 18 months after the child has started at the school
- Schools can continue to receive SPP for children whose parents have left the armed forces for up to five years
- When a child moves school they will not automatically continue to be flagged as a service child
- SPP is only one type of pupil premium
