Schools are allocated Pupil Premium funding for children who are eligible for free school meals (FSM), or who have been at some point in the last 6 years, for children who are looked after (or were previously looked after), and for children whose parents are currently serving in the Armed forces.

The Pupil Premium is additional to main school funding.

It will be used to provide additional educational support and resources to improve the progress and to raise the standard of attainment for these children and narrow the gap between the attainment of these pupils and their peers.

Our Pupil Premium money has been used to provide a range of additional support for our children and these interventions have had a significant impact on children’s attainment.

We are delighted with our end of Key Stage results which show that the school has maintained its high standards. The results reflect the hard work of all staff, excellent partnership working with parents and a determination to ensure EVERY child succeeds.

Our key objective in using the Pupil Premium Grant is to narrow the gap between pupil groups. As a school we have a very good track record of ensuring that children make good progress, but historically levels of attainment can be lower for some children who are eligible for Free School Meals(FSM) nationally. 

Through targeted interventions we are working to eliminate barriers to learning and progress. Many children start school in Nursery and Reception with lower attainment and our aim is to ensure that they make accelerated progress in order to reach expectations which are appropriate for their age as they move through the school. Targeted support is being provided through one to one and small group interventions throughout the school. 

We also believe it is very important to give our children a wide range of extended schools activities. There is an extensive offer in place in our school and children are able to gain accreditation from these activities and graduate through the Children’s University. This has been very successful.

Another key objective for our school is to ensure that there are as many practical, first hand experiences as possible to enhance the curriculum, through well planned educational visits and visitors. This helps to ensure that all our children have access to high quality learning opportunities.

How Impact will be measured:

Throughout the year we monitor the impact of this funding. 

• Pupil progress meetings take place each term which inform impact on progress and attainment
• SENDCo monitors progress and attainment of Pupil Premium pupils
• Ongoing analysis of attendance data
• Regular book scrutinies and lesson visits 
• Monitoring of interventions for groups and the progress made by pupils within these groups