Have you heard about the Pupil Premium?
The Pupil Premium is additional funding provided by the government to help schools narrow the gap in attainment between different groups of children. Sometimes children do not attain so highly when they are:
- a member of a low-income family and entitled to free school meals (or ever have been),
- looked after by the Local Authority
- children whose parent(s) serve in Her Majesty’s Forces.
These children may be high-fliers, have disabilities or Special Educational Needs, or be anywhere in between!
It is up to the school’s Governing Body to decide how to spend the money we receive and to be accountable for the impact that it has in raising standards, improving rates of progress and providing opportunities to widen children’s experiences. It is not intended to be spent only on these children, although we need to be sure that they benefit from the spending decisions we make.
2019 – 2020
| Total number of pupils on roll (2019/20) | 263 |
| Number of pupils benefiting from PPG | 37 |
| Total amount of PPG received (£) | £56 040 |
Summary of main barriers to educational barriers
- Attendance of some pupils
- Some of our children come from families with issues around Social, Emotional and Mental health
- Low self-esteem
- Unstable family life
- Reading fluency and understanding of vocabulary
- Spoken English not fully developed – Standard English not transferred to written work and spelling
- Lack of regular support from home for reading and homework.
- Some children do not access to a computer or a quiet working space
- Financial constraints can inhibit life experiences
How Pupil Premium Grant is used to overcome barriers
Employment of teaching assistants in classes to enable small group or 1-1 work:
- In class, targeted support
- Reading groups
- Phonics groups
- Maths intervention
Opportunities to participate in extra-curricular activities.
2018 – 2019
| Total number of pupils on roll (2018/19) | 254 |
| Number of pupils benefiting from PPG | 42 |
| Total amount of PPG received (£) | £64,540 |
Summary of main barriers to educational barriers
- Attendance of some pupils
- Some of our children come from families with issues around Social, Emotional and Mental health
- Low self-esteem
- Unstable family life
- Reading fluency and understanding of vocabulary
- Spoken English not fully developed – Standard English not transferred to written work and spelling
- Lack of regular support from home for reading and homework.
- Some children do not access to a computer or a quiet working space
- Financial constraints can inhibit life experiences
How Pupil Premium Grant is used to overcome barriers
Employment of teaching assistants in classes to enable small group or 1-1 work:
- In class, targeted support
- Reading groups
- Phonics groups
- Maths intervention
Opportunities to participate in extra-curricular activities.
Highlights in 2019 (Based on provisional data)
- 67% of disadvantaged pupils achieved expected standards in each of reading, writing and maths, though this rises to 80% per subject if a child with an EHCP is removed from the data
- 100% of disadvantaged pupils achieved expected standard in reading at KS1
60% of disadvantaged pupils achieved expected standard in phonics
