What is Pupil Premium and who is eligible?
Pupil Premium funding is an allocation of additional funding provided to schools to support specific groups of children who are vulnerable to possible underachievement. These include pupils who are entitled to free school meals, those Looked After by the Local Authority, adopted children or those who have been in care. The intended effect of this funding is to accelerate progress, raise attainment and support the pupils in the participation of activities in the wider curriculum.
Children of Armed Services personnel also receive a Service Pupil Premium Grant.
As a school, we decide how the allocated Pupil Premium Grant should be spent. We assess each child and decide what additional provision should be made for these pupils. We are then required to report on the amount of funding received, how this is being allocated and the impact of any additional support or provision.
If you think your child may be eligible for Free School Meals, please do not hesitate to contact the school office and we will help you with your application or you can register online. Find out if you are eligible for Pupil Premium funding by visiting the government website.
Our Pupil Premium documentation can be viewed below:
Pupil Premium Impact Document 2024-2025
Pupil Premium
Our Vision for Pupil Premium Pupils
We have a clear vision for what all our pupils will achieve through high quality teaching, with an ethos that reinforces aspiration and attainment for all. We realise the importance of getting the basics right, like attendance, behaviour and understand that failing to put these building blocks in place with undermine the effectiveness of the pupil premium funding in raising standards for all. We also understand the importance of working closely with parents, knowing that all these things can affect a child's progress. We have adopted a whole school approach to our use of the pupil premium funding that focuses on the full potential of every child, including nurturing our more able pupils to excel.
The Pupil Premium Grant is used to support disadvantaged pupils by removing any barriers to learning, build confidence, foster resilience and maintain high aspirations so all our children can be the best they can be.
In order that our Pupil premium children make the best progress possible, we put a range of additional support strategies in place. These strategies include ensuring that individual children are monitored closely so that we can find out what barriers to learning there may be. Teachers make contact with parents regularly to promote a positive home/school relationship. Their progress is monitored every term and teachers and the Pupil Premium lead check closely to make sure individuals do not fall behind, or put in place strategies to accelerate progress.