The Pupil Premium is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England to raise attainment of disadvantaged pupils and close the gap between them and their peers. The aim is to increase social mobility, attainment and progress.

The Government believes that schools should decide how the Pupil Premium is allocated and spent. It is felt that headteachers are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for individual pupils within schools. Therefore schools are required to utilise this funding to improve the outcomes for disadvantaged pupils.

Pupil Premium funding will be allocated following a needs analysis which will identify priority groups, individual pupils and resources.  Limited funding and resources means that not all Free School Meal, Post-LAC and Service children will receive intervention and additional support at the same time.

From September 2012, schools have been required to publish online information about how they have used the Pupil Premium funding. This will ensure that parents and others are made fully aware of the attainment of pupils covered by the additional funding.

We have a clear, strategic approach to the use of specific Pupil Premium funding and plans are integrated into wider school support and improvement systems.  These are monitored and evaluated regularly and in depth data analysis ensures that the correct support and strategies are identified to maximize progress.

Strong leadership systems ensure that Pupil Premium funding has the necessary impact. All matters relating to the Pupil Premium are reported to the governors, ensuring that the school is held to account for the impact of spending.

Some of our disadvantaged pupils start school well below national expectations as a result of limited experiences and opportunities.  In order to address the gaps in development and attainment we direct a range of resources, support, interventions, programmes and strategies for children and their families.

Barriers and challenges faced by some of our disadvantaged pupils are many and varied.

Please see the documents below, which describe the things we have done, or plan to do, with the allocated Pupil Premium money in the last few academic years.

Please click on the link below to read about the impact of pupil premium spending for 2023-2024 and our Strategy Statement for 2024-2025.

Pupil Premium Strategy 2024-2025

Please click on the link below to read about the impact of pupil premium spending for 2022-2023 and our Strategy Statement for 2023-2024.

Pupil Premium Strategy 2023-2024

Please click on the link below to read about the impact of pupil premium spending for 2021-2022 and our Strategy Statement for 2022-2023.

Pupil Premium Strategy 2022-2023

Please click on the link below to read about the impact of pupil premium spending for 2020-2021 and our Strategy Statement for 2021-2022.

Pupil Premium Strategy 2021-2022