City Intelligence Unit analysis of pupil premium income from FSM universal registration approaches: Snapshot from 17 London boroughs, 2023/24 - 2024/25
Since launching Universal Free School Meals (UFSM) in 2023, the Mayor has made significant investments in supporting London boroughs to implement free school meal universal registration approaches. These approaches identify pupils eligible for Government funded free school meals (FSM) and maximise pupil premium funding for schools.
The GLA have used data sources available to build a picture of potential gains in pupil premium funding across a snapshot of 17 London boroughs as a result of FSM universal registration.
This note summarises the multiple strands of work which have each reported additional FSM eligible pupils and pupil premium income for schools and boroughs in the 2023/24 and 2024/25 academic years. This information has been drawn from GLA-commissioned research by Bremner & Co and Basis and the results of a Mayoral funded FSM registration campaign with Policy in Practice.
With thanks to the 17 London boroughs who have shared their data through these projects to inform the figures presented here.