What is Pupil Premium?

Principles
All members of staff and governors accept responsibility for ‘socially disadvantaged’ pupils and are committed to meeting their pastoral, social and academic needs within a caring environment. As with every child in our care, a child who is considered to be ‘socially disadvantaged’ is valued, respected and entitled to develop his/her full potential, irrespective of need. We work closely with parents to identify barriers to future attainment.

Background
The pupil premium targets extra funding for pupils from deprived backgrounds. Research shows these students underachieve compared to their non-deprived peers. The premium is provided in order to support these pupils to reach their potential.

The Government have used pupils entitled to free school meals, children of service personnel and children looked after as an indicator for deprivation and have deployed a fixed amount of money to schools per pupil, based upon the number registered for FSM (or who have been previously).

The Government have not dictated to schools how to spend this money, but are clear that schools will need to employ strategies that they know will support these students to increase their attainment and narrow the gap.

In the year 2022 – 2023, school had one pupil who was eligible for Free School Meals or who had been in the past 6 years for whom we receive some additional pupil premium funding. The school will also receive a higher rate of funding, £2345 for any pupil who is ‘Looked after’ or adopted from care.

Please see our current Pupil Premium Strategy Statement:

2021 – 2022 Pupil premium