The Government believes that the Pupil Premium, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their wealthier peers by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most.
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- In most cases the Pupil Premium is allocated to schools and is clearly identifiable. It is for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium, allocated to schools per FSM pupil, is spent, since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility.
- For pupils from low-income families in non-mainstream settings, it is for the local authority to decide how to allocate the Pupil Premium. For instance it could be allocated to the setting where they are being educated, or held by the local authority to spend specifically on additional educational support to raise the standard of attainment for these pupils. The authority must consult non-mainstream settings about how the Premium for these pupils should be used.
- Schools are free to spend the Pupil Premium as they see fit. However they will be held accountable for how they have used the additional funding to support pupils from low-income families. New measures will be included in the performance tables that will capture the achievement of those deprived pupils covered by the Pupil Premium. From September 2012, schools were required to publish online information about how they have used the Premium. This will ensure that parents and others are made fully aware of the attainment of pupils covered by the Premium.
- We will also provide schools with information about strategies and interventions which can improve the progress and attainment of pupils from poorer backgrounds.
Key facts
- The Pupil Premium is allocated to children from low-income families who are currently known to be eligible for FSM in both mainstream and non-mainstream settings and children who have been looked after continuously for more than six months.
- Total funding through the Premium has increased each year.
- The level of the premium is £900 per pupil for pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) and for children in care who have been continuously looked after for six months.
The plans below show how we are spending the funding to ensure that all our pupils make progress and gaps in attainment close.
Pupil Premium Policy
2024-2027 PPG Strategy Plan (3 year plan)
Pupil Premium Strategy Plan 2024-2027
2023-2024 PPG Strategy Plan
Pupil Premium Strategy Plan 2023-2024docx
Pupil Premium Strategy Plan and Review 2023-2024docx
2022-2023 PPG Strategy Plan
Pupil Premium Strategy Plan and Review 2022-2023
2021-2022 PPG Strategy Plan
Pupil Premium Review 2021-2022
Pupil Premium Action Plan 2021- 2022
Pupil Premium Registration
The Early Years Pupil Premium
From April 2015, nurseries, schools, childminders and other childcare providers have been able to claim extra funding through the Early Years Pupil Premium to support children’s development, learning and care.
This means an extra £302 a year for each child taking up the full 570 hours funded entitlement to early education. This additional money could make a significant difference to us.
We can use the extra funding in any way we choose to improve the quality of the early years education that we provide for your child. This could include, for example, additional training for our staff on early language, investing in partnership working with our colleagues in the area to further our expertise or supporting our staff in working on specialised areas such as speech and language.
Key Stage 1 Pupil Premium
From September 2014 all children who are in reception, year 1 or year 2 in a state-funded school will be offered a free healthy school lunch.
Registering for free meals could raise an extra £1,300 for your child’s school, to fund valuable support like extra tuition, additional teaching staff or after school activities.
This additional money is available from central government for every child whose parent is receiving one of the welfare benefits listed in the form. It is therefore important to sign up for free school meals, even if your child is in reception, year 1 or year 2, so that your child’s school receives as much funding as possible.
How the information in this form will be used
The information you provide in this form will be used by the council to confirm receipt of one of the listed welfare benefits. Once this is confirmed, this helps to decide how much money your child’s school will receive each year.
You only need to complete this form once and it will last for the duration of your child’s time at their current school.
Therefore we ask that ALL PARENTS/GUARDIANS collect and fill in the form and return with proof of benefit to the school office. This will allow us to claim the additional Pupil Premium.