Pupil Premium

The  pupil premium  is a government initiative that provides additional funding to publicly funded schools in England to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and close the gap between them and their peers. The personal circumstances of some children can have a detrimental impact on their achievement, pupil premium is used to support disadvantaged pupils and try to ensure they have the same life chances as their peers. 

Pupil premium funding is available to both mainstream and non-mainstream schools, such as special schools and pupil referral units. It is paid to schools according to the number of pupils who have :

• been registered as eligible for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years
• been in care for 6 months or longer
• have a parent in the armed forces

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Our school receives our pupil premium funding directly from the Local Authority based on the number of looked after children, service children and children eligible for free school meals.

Intended spending of Pupil Premium allocation

Financial Year 2018-2019

The budget received this  financial year (2018-2019) is based on 62 Ever 6 FSM and x3 LAC children , the total allocation is £81,840.  Our aims for this years are : 

• To ensure children attend school regularly and on time
• To increase parental engagement
• Provide the children with the opportunity to be aspirational and inspirational
• To improve the emotional well being of the children
• To raise attainment 
• Provide the children with rich experiences and diverse, varied opportunities 

Our planned spending includes the following: 

• Pastoral Care      £25,483
• 1:1 tuition             £12,845
• Interventions      £ 45,400
• Councelling         £3470
• Attendance and Behaviour £1000
• Trips and Visits £930
• Residential         £ 1000
• School uniform £930
• School bags       £310
• Wellbeing award for schools £3150
• Full time nursery £2356 (x2 PP places)

Here is our Pupil Premium Strategy for this year.... 

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Outcomes from Pupil Premium Allocation

Financial Year 2017-2018

Last year our allocation was £85,040 and we spent £88,114 . Our pupil premium was used for the following :

• Pastoral Care      £21,627
• 1:1 tuition             £12,541
• Interventions      £ 44,106
• Councelling         £3470
• Attendance and Behaviour £840
• Trips and Visits £1860
• Residential         £ 464
• School uniform £740
• School bags       £300
• Full time nursery £2166

Our use of the pupil premium last year was effective, our disadvantaged pupils did very well . Although attainment on entry to our school was low, by the time our pupils left us in 2018, their achievement was outstanding. By the end of each key stage the children made above average progress and their outcomes exceeded the National Average in all areas.  All our disadvantaged families attended parent and teacher consultation evenings and all our disadvantaged pupils took up the offer of attending our extra-curricular activities. Here are the results for our  Pupil Premium children and non pupil premium children....