What is it?

 

The government has focused on improving the performance of groups that are falling behind their peers. One such group is pupils on free school meals (FSM); the government has directly funded these pupils by use of a grant called Pupil Premium. Other groups are also funded through this mechanism, i.e. children who are looked after (LAC) and children who are in families where a parent is a member of the armed services.

 

The allocation for the pupil premium for our school this year is £18,780. ​​

 

How do we use the funding?

 

We target the spending for this funding to the pupils in these groups. Firstly, to ensure they are enabled to achieve as highly as other pupils and secondly to support the progress for these pupils so that it compares with all other pupils (and where performance is lower for pupil premium children then the gap between them and other pupils will be narrowed).

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One of the most effective ways to do this is by that ensuring high-quality first teaching takes place. Therefore, class teachers tend to work with these pupils closely to offer the highest level of expertise. Small group, scaffolded learning is used to target specific areas of weakness. Intervention groups are also administered (where purposeful and impactful) by the teaching assistants (TA).​

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In order to ensure these pupils have access to the extra-curricular activities on offer, we support the funding of these, where possible. We believe it is essential that these pupils have the same opportunities for extracurricular activities in order to help them develop physically, socially, and emotionally.

 

Please contact the school office if you wish to discuss how we can support your child’s access to extra-curricular activities. 

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For further information on Pupil Premium spending for 2025-2026, please click this link.

 

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