What is pupil premium?

Once a year we provide the department for education with information that we hold about our pupils in a census return. Allocations are made based on the school which the eligible pupil attends at the time of the January school census. This information is used to determine the amount of additional funding we receive for specific pupils, and we then ensure that those same pupils benefit from the funding over the course of the school year. The Pupil Premium is additional funding given to schools so that we can support disadvantaged pupils and close any attainment gap between them and their peers.

For more information on Pupil Premium please click here to visit the Department for Education’s website.

How Do I Know If My Child Can Receive Pupil Premium Funding?

The most common reason a pupil receives Pupil Premium funding is because a parent is registered as receiving a benefit that entitles them to free school meals. This is not the same as receiving a free school meal as your child is in KS1.

Free school meal / pupil premium funding now works as: All pupils in KS1 (Class 1 pupils) will receive a free school meal. However, if you receive certain benefits your child can still receive pupil premium funding, but you MUST fill in all the details on the free school meal form available upon request from the office. This form can also be downloaded from the link at the bottom of this page.

KS2 pupils will need to apply for free school meals and pupil premium in the same way as before.

Children of armed service personnel are also eligible. Service children are children and young people from families where one or more parents is currently in the British Armed Forces of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Pupils attract the premium if they meet the following criteria:

• one of their parents is serving in the regular armed forces
• one of their parents served in the regular armed forces in the last 3 years
• one of their parents died while serving in the armed forces and the pupil is in receipt of a pension under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) and the War Pensions Scheme (WPS)

Schools will also receive £1,900 for each pupil who has left local-authority care because of 1 of the following:

• adoption
• a special guardianship order
• a child arrangements order
• a residence order

If a pupil has been registered as eligible for free school meals and has also left local authority care for any of the reasons above, they will attract the £1900 rate.

Children who have been in local authority care for 1 day or more also attract £1900 of pupil premium funding. Funding for these pupils doesn’t go to their school; it goes to the virtual school head (VSH) (https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/improving-the-adoption-system-and-services-for-looked-after-children/supporting-pages/virtual-school-heads-vsh) in the local authority that looks after the child. VSHs are responsible for managing pupil premium funding for looked after children (https://www.gov.uk/pupil-premium-virtual-school-heads-responsibilities).

What is the Recovery Premium?

The recovery premium grant is part of the government’s package of funding to support pupils whose education has been impacted by coronavirus (COVID-19).

Recovery Premium Funding 

This funding will be used on release time for teachers to engage with 'Teaching for Mastery' Programme, run by Boolean Maths Hub. This will contribute towards the cost of training days in year 1 of the programme. This is year three of a four-year programme - ongoing monitoring of maths results and improved attitudes is built into the programme. Carry forward from the previous financial year will be spent before the end August 2024.