Pupil Premium
What is Pupil Premium?
The government believes that it is unacceptable for children’s success to be determined by their social circumstances and intends to raise levels of achievement for all disadvantaged pupils and to close the gap between disadvantaged children and their peers.
The Pupil Premium is allocated to schools and is clearly identifiable. Schools can decide how it is spent, since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for individual pupils within their responsibility.
The Pupil Premium and Service Premium was introduced by the government in April 2011. This gave schools £625 million of extra funding to close the attainment gaps for disadvantaged pupils and to assist with the pastoral needs of children with parents in the armed forces. This funding has now increased to £2.5bn in 2014-15.
When commenting on how successful schools use the Pupil Premium to narrow the attainment gap, the Department of Education said:
‘Evidence shows that the most effective schools achieve this through a combination of high quality teaching, strong leadership, a relevant and coherent curriculum, a culture of high expectations and targeted catch-up and enrichment activities.’
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
To find out if your child is eligible for Pupil Premium funding and to apply please contact Mrs Madle in the school office.
Please click on the link to read about our Pupil Premium strategy for 2020-21. Please note this is a working document and it will be continually reviewed and monitored to ensure that our targets are having the impact that we want to ensure that all Pupil Premium children make good progress from their starting points.