Pupil Premium
What is Pupil Premium?
The pupil premium was introduced by the Government in April 2011 and is additional funding given to schools so that they can support their disadvantaged pupils and close the attainment gap between them and their peers.
The Government are not dictating how schools should spend this money, but are clear that schools will need to employ the strategies that they know will support these pupils to increase their attainment, and ‘close the gap’ between their attainment and the attainment of other pupils. As part of our duty to be publicly accountable for this additional funding and how we have used this to support pupils from low income families we are required to publish online information about how we have used this Pupil Premium. By doing so this ensures that parents and others are made fully aware of the attainment of pupils covered by the Premium and the extra support that they have received to enable this attainment.
Who is eligible for Pupil Premium?
In the 2019 to 2020 financial year, schools will receive the following funding for each child registered as eligible for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years:
- £1,320 for primary-aged pupils
- £935 for secondary-aged pupils
Schools will also receive £2,300 for each looked-after pupil who:
- has been looked after for 1 day or more
- was adopted from care on or after 30 December 2005, or left care under:
- a special guardianship order
- a residence order
Schools will also receive £300 for each pupil who has a parent serving in the armed forces.
More information about Pupil Premium funding can be found on the government website:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium/pupil-premium
Pupil Premium Strategy 2021-2024
We have identified the following priorities within our Pupil Premium Strategy:
- Improved attendance and punctuality.
- Improved Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Increase use of evidence based interventions to improve academic outcomes across school.
- Improved language skills.
- Increased opportunities for pupils to access the wider curriculum
- Increased parental engagement in order to support pupil’s learning in school as well as at home
For more information about how we use the funding to ensure the school’s strategy is achieved, please click the link below for more information about the school’s spending of the Pupil Premium Grant:
PP Strategy 2021-24 – December 2023
Our Pupil Premium Strategy will be reviewed at the end of each academic year and impact statements will be published annually on the school website.
Our approach to the seven building blocks identified by NFER research, which leads to success in raising attainment for disadvantaged pupils can be found below:
NFER Disadvantaged Building Blocks
Historic Pupil Premium Strategies
Pupil Premium Strategy 2017-18
Pupil Premium Strategy 2018-19 Oct V
Pupil Premium Strategy 2019-20
Pupil Premium Strategy 2020-21
PP Strategy 2021-24 – December 2022
Historic Pupil Premium Impact Statements
Pupil Premium Impact Statement 2017